As a troubled child, I began writing at the age of seven. My poetry and short stories were a way for me to escape reality and live in a perfect world. By the age of nine I was winning poetry contests each time I entered them. I knew I had a gift from God but my life remained stressful and self-destructing. As most inspirational stories are told, I had my breakthrough. It came from a wandering stranger with a recollection of my life's journey and a message for God to use the gift that he had given me. And so I began to write novels, starting with my autobiography and it served as therap more...