𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬. (Highest ranking:#1 in #poetry,#5 in #poem,#5 in poems,#3 in lovepoem.)

Selfhood I am a strong black woman Blessed with a lion's heart Equipped with an owl's wisdom I am a star in the midnight sky an apprentice to the moon With the mission to light up my family's path and the vision to change their story for the better, soon I am a praying mantis Grateful for Africa's nature Clothed with the gift of culture and englobed in the arms of my foremothers I am a migratory bird In seek of the aliments that fills my being A freedom only I can obtain Because I am the architect of what I call my identity

parallax /ˈpærəˌlæks/ noun 1. an apparent change in the position of an object resulting from a change in position of the observer 2. an apparent shift in the position of an object, such as a star, caused by a change in the observer's position that provides a new line of sight. the parallax of nearby stars caused by observing them from opposite points in earth's orbit around the sun is used in estimating the stars' distance from earth through triangulation. very few art works in this book belong to me.

Seohyun has never belonged. When her mother sends her to another village on the edge of the sea, she goes hoping to find somewhere she can belong.

It's October 1845, in the midst of the Great Potato Famine. Claire's father is dead, her brother is in America and her mother is dangerously ill, with the business she owns, The Irish Emporium, threatened as well. With no money, no food, and no medicine, it looks like Claire's family has no hope either. There's one chance Claire has to save her mother and the family business, but it involves leaving everything behind and making a one-way journey across the Atlantic, and Claire will have to sacrifice everything to save all she holds dear. ▶2nd Place Historical Fiction in Neon Awards 2018 ▶Tied 1st Place Historical Fiction in Brewing Flair Awards 2018 Currently on hold. A messy first draft. Thank you to @majesticmountain for the incredible cover!

Little Janie has gotten separated from her mother in a foreign country. Technology to the rescue! A submission for Marriott's Travel Brilliantly writing contest. CHALLENGE: Write a story about how positive advances in artificial intelligence and intelligent communication can change the world.

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It's the 70s in the city of Woodstock. The Vietnam war is over. The "Pill" has been marketed and Feminism is the new thing. Timothy is a music and book enthusiast. As long as he's got his compact cassette, his Beatles cassettes, and his copy of The Catcher in The Rye, he's happy. Timothy winds up walking in on a full-blown murder but finds himself helping the murderer, a French girl named Océane, Océane is still into the 60s craze of sex, rock, and drugs. She's also a feminist, fighting for the legalization of abortion. She rides on the waves of Niel Young and Elton John. Follow Timothy on his coming of age journey through helping a hippie hide from the consequences of murder. Cover: @vampiresucs

***Wattpad Picks: Up And Coming*** The magical story of Connor DeGray and his experience with Cirque Periculum. Connor the Con has found it progressively harder to survive in the small town of Greenview, Kansas. There was no way he was going to go back to that Orphanage for Deprived Boys, and that's where the entire town wants him. When he discovers a traveling circus due to arrive in town that week, he hatches an escape plan that involved hijacking the circus and hopefully finding his parents. He discovers there is much more to this circus, and himself, than he had first expected. Join Connor as he travels with a circus that is more than meets the eye, and ultimately finds himself as the central performer to a mystery he must unravel before it's too late. Fear the Alchemist. #1 in Magician #1 in WIP #2 in Circus #148 in Adventure