Felisha Bradshaw THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME IN MY LIFE WHEN READING WAS DONE OUT OF BOREDOM OR WRITING WAS A PROJECT. FOR ME WRITING CAME FIRST; SO I CLAIM IT AS MY FIRST PASSION. I HID IN THE WORDS; CLAIMED VICTORY OVER MY ADVERSARIES THROUGH WRITING. IT WAS A PLACE WHERE I WAS THE HERO, THE SUPER HERO VILLAIN TOO. I COULD CREATE A WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING GOES AS I SAY. WOW. THAT WAS POWER. THEN I FOUND THAT READING DID JUST THE SAME. I READ BOOKS THAT TOOK ME TO THE HIDING PLACES OF OTHERS. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME RESTRICTIONS I STILL COULD BE WHO I CHOSE TO BE IN THE STORY. NOW I WRITE AND OTHERS HIDE IN MY WORDS. IT S MY WAY OF GIVING BACK. I AM A LATE BLOOMER IN LIFE AND YOU KNOW WHAT?....I AM OK WITH IT BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS AS GOD PLANNED IT. I SAW A LOT AND I LIVED VARIOUS LIFESTYLES, MET AWESOME PEOPLE THE GOOD AND THE BAD, I HAVE INFLUENCED AND HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED, LIED AND HAVE BEEN LIED TO, STOLE AND STOLEN FROM, HURT AND HAVE BEEN HURT, LOVED AND HAVE BEEN LOVED. i AM SO GLAD I MADE IT OUT OF THE DARKEST PLACES AND ALSO KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE IN THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT. ALL THESE EMOTIONS, PLACES AND PEOPLE ARE WHAT GAVE ME THE POWER OF THE PEN. THE ABILITY TO BRING STORIES TO LIFE THROUGH WRITING. I USE TO BE HIP-HOP; NOW I AM HIP-HOP FICTION. I AM BORN AGAIN AND NOW I CAN WRITE CHRISTIAN FICTION, I USE TO THINK LOVE WAS JUST A FAIRY TALE BUT I AM LOVED AND HAVE LOVED IN THE SEXIEST WAYS SO, I CAN WRITE EROTICA, I HAVE A GREAT MANY FRIENDS FROM BFF'S TO BF'S SO NOW I CAN WRITE CHIC-LIT. FELISHA BRADSHAW NOW RESIDES IN BRIDGEPORT CT. WITH HER TWO DAUGHTERS; JAYLYN AND JAMAIRA AND HER STEP-SON IS IN NY ON HIS OWN JOURNEY IN LIFE. SHE IS STILL WITH HER LIFE PARTNER AND PARTNER FOR LIFE CHAINELLE CABAN WRITING MORE; SISTAH CIRCLE, THE SEQUEL TO HER DEBUT NOVEL; EYES ON THE PRYZE TITLED 69 DEGREES, HAND ME DOWNS, REVELATIONS OF A DRUG LORD, CLUB CHILLZ (PT.3 OF EYES ON THE PRYZE), ON A WING AND A PRAYER, LUXURY KIDS AND POLICY AND PROCEDURES. SHE HOLDS TWO DEGREES. AN ASSOCIATES IN SCIENCE AND A BACHELOR DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY WITH A HIGH CONCENTRATION IN SOCIOLOGY. SHE IS FOUNDER OF A AUTHOR DISCUSSION PANEL; LET'S TALK URBAN AND EDITOR IN CHIEF OF HER LATEST VENTURE:  URBAN GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE. KEEP YOUR EYE OUT ON HER DEVELOPMENT OR SHALL I SAY KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRYZE!

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