I received a bad rating on Amazon by a guy I used to work with. He only gave the rating that he did because he hates my religion. He didn’t read it and he knows nothing about my church. I am so sick of people being hateful. The funny thing is my novel is a fictitious story. Teachings of the church aren't being preached at all. People, before you judge someone's work actually read it. If you enter a story with preconceived notions, you might as well not bother reading it. It is not for you.     I write because I love to write. I am not going to allow prejudice distroy the love I feel for my trade. I hope that anyone who feels the same about their writing will never let hateful people destroy their love and determination to create their next beautiful story. Peace to All. 

    There is a moment in 'The Beginning of Knowledge' that causes a great deal of emotions to rise up within me.

Do you ever think about your life and certain events that affected your life? I have quite often. When I was very young my half sister was very mean to me. The last straw that threw me so far into my shell was the day she told me and my brother that our mom was dead. Of course, Mom was alive and well, but that did not rid me of my trauma. 

  I am asked what inspired me to write 'The Book of the Twelve: The Beginning of Knowledge.' My childhood inspired Jessi. I had a difficult childhood. Yes, I had a mean older sister who liked to torture my brother and me. She lived with us until I was about 3. I was extremely shy and I didn't make friends easily. And then I lost my brother when I was almost 11 years old. As I got older, I didn't get any less weird. I still don't fit in any more than I did when I was a kid. I have come to accept myself more and because I have come to love myself, others have come to accept me more.

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