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Bridge Over Troubled Water

Bridge Over Troubled Water

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The insecurities and fear that one has that is usually caused by childhood tramua or past mistakes that often tends to go unhealed and constantly pushed to the back of our minds; This fear can be the root of ones downfall in life, whether its the downfall in their success, love, friendships and even relationships.It's often easy to act as if you have your life together when you don't have to face the reality of that one thing you're constantly running from, but what happens when that one thing comes back around full circle and you're left to finally deal with it?Alex Baldwin, a twenty-four year old young charismatic, beautiful and successful editor and writer at a publishing company based down in Austin, Texas. Where she was born and raised alongside her two brothers, is a woman with many flaws and insecurities, but she makes it work by not letting anyone ever get too close to her.As a college graduate from the University at Texas, Alex long years of hardwork and dedication was finally paying off. She was officially living the life she has always dreamed of and for once in her life things seemed perfect, but that was until the 20th anniversary of an incident that changed her life forever approaches. Within a blink of an eye everything she has gone years ignoring and pushing away comes back around full circle and could possibly ruin an opportunity of a lifetime for her.However, the question is if Alex will finally face her past and deal with what happened? Or will she let her past still control certain aspects of life that stop her from reaching her full potential?…

DESTINATION | Book III

DESTINATION | Book III

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Fifteen years have passed and a whole new generation of the Sinclair's, Smith's and Jones's are in full affect and ready to take on the world and all that comes with it.In this big world that many people call home, one may struggle with trying to find their purpose or who they truly are and with this being a very trying time in most of their young lives each of them are about to experience something about themselves that they didn't even know existed.Doing the best that could as parents, they all laid out the blueprint on how to survive this world to create the perfect path for each of their kids to follow so they wouldn't make the same mistakes they did growing up.But as one may know, as a young-adult life just seems a lot harder and the pressure of wanting to just stay young or to grow up is always a constant battle to deal with.So the question now is will each of these young individuals make it to the destination each of their parents have set for them to follow to help guide them in the right direction? Or will they let the world's distractions & temptations lead them astray?…

Late Nights with Jania | ON HOLD

Late Nights with Jania | ON HOLD

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Jania Peterson, 29, is the definition of what we call a, "Self-Made" woman. Everything she owns and directs today all started with her, and she did it all on her own. She worked from the ground up, with only a couple of hundreds in her pocket and built herself an empire. Growing up she had a vision and she made sure to accomplish every goal and to defeat every obstacle that came her way to get where she is today.Now known as a popular late night talk-show host, Jania, was gifted with the fame and riches all around the world and at this point in her world many people believed she was living her best life and had everything she ever wanted.Sadly, one thing Jania didn't have was love, and a family. She was successful, rich and had the life she always wanted but the one thing missing in her book of goals was that feeling of security and unconditional love from a man and she was willing to do whatever to get it.But, due to some unexpected circumstances .. Jania finds herself in the middle of a situation that could either leave her in heart break or leave her with that feeling she has always wanted.-DeAundre Sanders, 23, is an up and coming wide-reciever rookie for the Los Angeles Badgers on the rise. Fresh out of college ready to start his new journey as the number one draft pick, DeAundre finally gets to see what the life he always dreamed of having is all about.He got a small taste of what was to come during his college days, with the women, money, and fame but being in the NFL was a whole different ball game and mentally DeAundre wasn't ready.A curveball is going to come his way and could possibly end everything he worked hard for in a blink of an eye, but it all could be saved by a simple decision he will have to make.…

Cuffin' Season | Urban Contest | #UrbanOctober

Cuffin' Season | Urban Contest | #UrbanOctober

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Finding herself in a whirlwind of emotions during this years cuffin' season, Alora has been craving for that for feeling of love more than ever and craving it from the last person she ever expected.-----------------------#UrbanOctober - Contest Entry #Cuffin' Season…

Urban Short Stories

Urban Short Stories

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A book full of different URBAN short stories!…

Good Intentions

Good Intentions

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Works #4: He's a man with a heart of gold, and a giving spirit and she's a woman down on her luck but with a hopeful heart for better days.…

DEDICATION | Book Two

DEDICATION | Book Two

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Works #2 : Ahmad Hassan Sinclair, 29, finally met his goal in becoming happy and finally letting someone into that cold heart of his and fell in love deeply.But of course as we know .. Ahmad's life was never perfect, and will never be perfect .. things don't come easy and shit will always hit the fan and ruin something to knock him off track but the question is will Ahmad bounce back this time? Will he have that will power in him to keep fighting to get where he wants to be in life?He used his determination he had in his blood to find that happiness he needed but will he use the dedication in his system to stay happy? Or will he let everything he has built so far fall apart and crumble at his feet?…

DETERMINATION | Book One

DETERMINATION | Book One

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Works #1: Ahmad Hassan Sinclair, 25, was taught to always fight and work hard for what he wanted. In the life he was given nothing was ever handed to him. He grew up in the hoods of Houston, witnessing things no child should ever see in their life. His mom and pop worked hard just tryna make ends meet, to keep food on the table and clothes on their kids back. But it was far from easy ..Seeing his parents struggle the way they did for years, motivated him to work ten times harder. He made it a mission to not end up like his folks, he wanted more in life. He knew there was more to life than what he grew up seeing. But he also knew in order to be somebody in this world as a black man he had to fight and strive for it and also dodge the bullshit that came along with it.He set goals, he had dreams, he had a vision and nothing could stop him from achieving them.Now that he's at the top of his game, making money, living the live he always wanted, seeing the things he never seen and moving up the success path .. he figured life would eventually turn out to be great but sadly he still isn't happy or content with how things are.. there's this one missing piece in his life that will fully complete him. But let's see how determined Ahmad will be to find what that missing piece is or what he will do to get it.…