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From my experience, and looking from a more objective standpoint, writing is a business or career path just like any other. We all learn basic components of writing when we're in school - reading, grammar, spelling and so on.

Jace Sloan has it all. He's smoking hot, a college football star with a storybook family, and he's never met a woman he couldn't charm. He's also never met one who makes him want to be a better man...until he meets Maggie. Now this self-proclaimed geek with wild red hair and the greenest eyes he's ever seen has him thinking all kinds of crazy thoughts. Like settling down and being a one-woman man.

This is a collection of 21 passages directly from scripture on the subject of prayer, with short and simple thoughts at the end of each. After reading each passage we should be able to answer the following questions as we meditate on that which the Lord has so graciously revealed: What watchword would you assign for the day's focus? What principle is embodied in each reading by which we should live? How does this all relate to our salvation?

Siren Talbot's life is plagued with storms. Her mother's insanity was the first, though not the last. Called to the ocean, not even the shores of Edisto Island can calm the tempest inside her.

Her visions are becoming more frequent and real, until Marie doesn't know reality from fantasy. Marie is the loving mother of seven-year-old Sophie. After her divorce from William, Sophie's father, Marie's life is back on track. Her business is a success and her condition is under control. One day she notices bruises on Sophie's legs, and when Marie asks her how she got them Sophie tells her the most horrifying story any mother could hear from their child.

Oliver's Tale is a thinker's piece and while written in the same spirit as George Orwell's Animal Farm it has its own unique social, political, and religious message to be discovered by readers. Surrounded by a colorful cast of animal characters, Oliver experiences a spiritual growth in his relationship with God as he becomes privy to the secret plan of the Gray Skunk, the most mesmerizing and dangerous foe the Cove has ever faced.

The world of Vorallon is failing. Hordes of demons destroy cities and everyone who lives in them. The raiders of Zuxra, foul men who answer only to their mad queen, conquer and enslave all that remains. As all descends into darkness, the Old Gods sleep, but they have entrusted the survival of Vorallon to the gifted.

The gifted are people blessed with unique abilities fueled by the strength of their spirits.

Layla James, a recent graduate and budding photographer, never knew anything about her father except that he named her for the iconic song by Eric Clapton. Her mother - steeped in a political activism that Layla rejects - kept their past shrouded in secrecy, and when she dies of cancer, she leaves only an enigmatic letter - the first in a series that will lead Layla through a cross-country network of '60s radicals and closer to the bombshell at the heart of her parents' past.

All hope was lost the day the promised savior returned to the Underground and accepted the hand of the goblin king in marriage. As word of the Hunter’s demise spread throughout the land, those most ancient and revered began to fade from the world, flickering in and out of existence like falling stars. The darkness separating the two kingdoms has receded back into the Darknjan Wald, but it lingers on the border - a forever reminder of everything they’ve lost.

Beyond the Goblin Market lies the remains of a lost and broken kingdom divided by war. The war has been over for centuries, but the kingdoms still stand apart, overrun by a creeping goblin darkness known as the Darknjan Wald. It has been written that only one holds the power to destroy that darkness and reunite the kingdoms, but she has no memory of her former life.

When Willow Finley awakes on a hot summer morning, she is unprepared for the grief that awaits her. Jerked from a life of isolation with her mother, Willow learns what alone really means when she finds her mother still in her bed, never to awaken again in this life.

When reporter Janice McCarty left the small town of Sonesville after graduating high school, she vowed never to return. A late night phone call eight years later and she has no choice but to go back to lay her mother to rest.

In the corporate-controlled city-state of Midian, the Mantle, a sprawling metal platform, divides the upper echelons from the middle class of the Undercity. Here, the lives of four citizens are inextricably linked in a tale of redemption, power, and betrayal. Burdened by a haunting past, Atlas Ramsay returns to Midian’s Undercity seeking atonement for his sins. But when a burgeoning relationship with a young woman from his youth derails his plans for redemption, his buried secrets threaten to shake the city’s foundation when they are finally revealed.

The amped and ramped, racked and stacked, more is better, instant gratification culture is feeding an alpha epidemic. Our performance based lifestyle appears perfect on paper but these standards push us into reaction, judgement, comparative narrative, and alpha overdrive. This stressful environment cloaks the body in armor, hardens relationships, and allows no opportunity for self-healing or magik in the moment.

This book aims to guide you with practical exercises towards a more resilient outlook. It offers insights into the benefits of wearing optimistic eyeglass lenses to live a happier and healthier lifestyle. You will learn the science behind why optimism plays an important role in reaching your full potential and how you can start embracing a more positive mindset today. The author's stories and reflections are intended to inspire you to adopt a more optimistic outlook on life and achieve your aspirational goals.