RAISING YOUNG AUTHORS

Meet our Writing Icon this week, Sherry Kirkland. She is from Buffalo, New York but currently reside in Anderson SC.   She is a mother, a wife and a nurse.   And more recently after her life changed, she became an author and a blogger. Sherry’s first book is called ‘My Extraordinary Walk’, it is her personal testimony.   In this book, she details her experiences and encounters with God.   She likes to call them my God stories.   When she started having these experiences, she had no idea it was even possible to experience God personally.   Sherry’s goal is to encourage other people to share their God stories publicly.   People need to know how real God is. She wrote this book because she received a word from God.   She clearly heard a voice telling her to, ‘write a book’.   She had never written anything or had any interest in writing but after praying and receiving a major confirmation, she knew what she had to do.   Sherry is strictly a Christian author.   She encourag

Author Pamela J BIO Pamela Joyce Hayes is a Harlem native, born and raised in Lincoln Projects. Pamela is the oldest out of three children born to Viola Hayes and the late John Hayes. Pamela was a devoted wife for fourteen years, and an amazing mom to two beautiful sons Darrell and Xavier. Pamela has been writing since she was nine years old. She has a love for creating stories on paper and always dreamed of becoming an author. She decided to put her story on paper when her now ex husband was arrested in February 2003. This turned her family upside down. Pamela and her family were devastated. Her family did not know what to do and the prison system does not come with instructions. She lost everything. Her and her family was hit with the harsh reality of life when one of your family members goes to prison. On Saturday, May 23rd 2009 it changed Pamela's life. She became a published author. Pamela has been writing all of her life. But when your world of emotions,

Author Angela Thomas- Smith About me Angela  was born in Anderson SC, raised In Level Land SC for most of my life.    She is  the youngest of 4 children of Late Catherine Martin Thomas And Late Glenn Lee Thomas Jr.   Angela enjoys a variety of activities from sports to shopping to cooking to traveling.    Angela’s passion is her organization AAALAC the African American Author Literacy Awareness Campaign she started Oct 1 st 2016, after her summer program ended and She became an author for the 1 st time. Angela has made it her mission to bring awareness to authors of Africa descent across the United States and abroad.   Since 2016 Angela has hosted the Chasing Your Dream book tour & Literary Expo and Virtual Book tour on Facebook.   (She also created DINNER with an author and Dinner with a Poet to offer an opportunity to be up and personal with the authors one-on-one, to showcase them.)   Angela is dedicated to