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Marcus A. Nelson

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Shady Rest, Scotch Plains, NJ was the first Black owned golf course in the world. It’s surrounding community, JERSEYLAND, consisted of gardens, numerous fruit trees, baseball, cookouts, horseback riding, golfing of course, blackberry picking and history: this is where I grew up.

From The Five Chinese Brothers to Aesop Fables to The Canterbury Tales to Guns, Germs and Steel, I read everything! And my love for reading evolved into a passion for writing which produced my first novel – Born From Weeds & Rats, A fictional tale of love, friendship, community, religion, finding oneself, family and much much more.

I now reside in CT, still reading, still writing and most of all, still staying in touch with family and friends from my upbringing…


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You call yourself a writer? Then how can you get Writer's Block?

 
Writer’s Block.

The answer is in the problem, in plain sight.

If you’ve ever written a short story, a term paper, dissertation or a novel, you have, at one time, been plagued with this stoppage in production. You got your notes, your outline and time set aside but once you plop in your chair – nothing. Blank. The more you try, the worse it becomes until, frustrated, you get up and go watch some tel Read more of this blog post »
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Published on April 15, 2017 17:28 Tags: block, born, mafoombay, rats, weeds, writer-s-block, writers-block
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“Silence brings answers; you just have to listen.  So I listened.  And it’s not sounds as most people think, listening can be feelings, sights, smells.  Listening is receiving just like all the other senses; you just have to be open.”

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“Silence brings answers; you just have to listen.  So I listened.  And it’s not sounds as most people think, listening can be feelings, sights, smells.  Listening is receiving just like all the other senses; you just have to be open.”

Excerpt From: Born from Weeds & Rats”
Marcus A. Nelson, Born from Weeds & Rats

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