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Today concludes Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Child Abuse Awareness Month, and the 16th was Teen Literature Day. I would like to end this month by presenting an inspirational introduction.

Meet Tia Hines. She is a published author with Urban Books, youth mentor and a sexual assault survivor that has a very fascinating way of reaching the young generation and inspiring adults to have dreams, and if you don’t already know her, you will want to.

Tia Hines is an author from Boston, MA who is making her mark in the literary world. She is a full time training specialist by day and a writer by night. When not writing, she dedicates her time to mentoring and teaching hip-hop dance to youth. She graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and has a Master’s degree from Suffolk University in Criminal Justice. Tia discovered her passion for writing at a very young age. She figured she could create unimaginable stories through an explosion of words. With this in mind, she wrote her first novel, “Drama,” which successfully debuted as an Essence Magazine Bestseller. She has now written her second novel entitled, “That Girl is Poison.” In addition to that, she is in the process of launching her own publishing company. Her main goal is to get more youth to read and she plans to accomplish this by writing a series of intriguing novels. Tia wants to inspire everyone to set goals to create dreams and never stop striving to achieve new heights.

Today, Tia is spreading a message through her novel, “That Girl is Poison” shedding light on the most talked about youth discussions involving the following topics:

• Sex
• Promiscuity
• HIV
• Teen Rape
• Child Sexual Assault
• Pregnancy
• Abuse (Emotional, Mental, Physical)
• Neglect

Her powerful lessons in this book reflects on respect, love, and protection. Whether hearing her speak or reading her words, people are immediately drawn to Tia’s fictional character experiences many can relate to, and her own growing pain experiences…and, of course, her motivational life lessons.

To arrange for an interview with Tia Hines, write a feature story or book review, please contact Tishawn Marie directly at 209.227.4643 or send an email: pr@celestialcaringent.com. If you would like to receive access to the digital copy of the book, one can be provided to you. And, here are two links: the book cover for “That Girl is Poison” and the book trailer.

“That Girl is Poison” is available for purchase at Amazon.

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It’s been quite an interesting weekend. I have to admit, I’ve become very addicted to Critiquing sites.

I’ve managed to write five critiques 🙂 When I critique other writers, it helps mold my skills in reading, writing and editing. Most of all, I’m meeting new writers across the world that are interested in helping me because of their love for reading and writing. The best part is that we all receive credit when we critique each other’s work. When I reach a certain number of credits, I’m able to post my own writing to be critiqued. Who doesn’t like fun work?

I’ve met amazing people from other states and countries who are playing a major role in assisting me with crafting my first novel to become a best-seller! I was in tears the other night when one of my reviewers stated the following at the closing comments of her review: (I won’t state the entire review because that is for my eyes only. You’ll get to see the final completed chapter when it’s published.) 🙂

First Reviewer >>>

Well, I really liked this story. I mentioned that up top. Likable protagonist. Your writing is excellent! Anyway, I look forward to seeing more of your writing. Your story flow was great. Hope you found something helpful in this crit! Good luck with this story, it has a lot of promise. I can easily see it becoming a bestseller. Have a nice day!

I totally had a moment after I read through the nitty gritty parts of the review. I wrote the first chapter with confidence on making this book series a bestseller. I was very nervous when I saw that I had my first crit. More like very scared, but excited all at the same time. It was as though God was speaking through my first reviewer.

Second Reviewer >>>

On the whole, you have a very interesting piece touching on an important subject, the ‘battered woman’ syndrome. I think you write well, please don’t interpret my little corrections to say otherwise.

Third Reviewer >>>

I think your story is extremely interesting, but……. Work on that and you’ll get a lot more feedback. Still great storyline!

Fourth Reviewer >>>

Faith seems like such a good character and reading her thoughts and how she views everything makes the read really fun.

Fifth Reviewer >>>

I’m here to return the crit. My overall impression: You have the beginning of a powerful story. I love knowing that Faith, who’s made bad decisions in the past, will survive and find a better life for herself. Good luck with your story.

Fan Mail >>>

I absolutely loved the writings on your page and look forward to reading you book. Wow, i have to believe that your sincere. I am set on reading your work.

I wrote the Introduction which later I realized that it would go better with book two or three, but not book one.
Here are some reviews that I received.

First Reviewer >>>

Sounds like a good beginning. I also like the summary. She will go through any lengths to protect her children. Sounds like it’s going to be an unconditional love and bond between the mother and children.

Second Reviewer >>>

Are you going to say at some point how she’d ended up in this situation? It could be a good lesson for other women. I like it very much, you write very well, it’s a nice read.

The other great thing about Critiquing sites is that you get to have access to a lot of writing and editing tools to help you a long the way. One of my reviewers even shared some amazing tools with me which we can now use when we work on projects involving our CCE clients.

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Welcome to “My First Novel: A Writing Journey!” Writing my first novel is a very special and interesting journey that I will start experiencing in my life. I really enjoy my creativity flourishing from beginning to end with passionate projects that will make a difference in our world. In doing so, I hope other writers will be inspired, uplifted and empowered when reading my writing episodes. You’ll learn what worked for me and didn’t work. I’ll share beneficial resources that helped me through the process. More so, this blog will shed light on domestic violence among families. I hope to bring more awareness to such a secretive topic for those who haven’t been able to break the stronghold and be freed from the cycle of abuse once and for all. I’ve come to the realization that separation and divorce does not necessarily mean that freedom has come.

The Faith Series is about a young adult who is the victim of abuse, not yet a survivor. She later becomes a divorced single mother. Faith seeks to break the cycle of abuse to put an end to her victimized life. In the name of protecting her 4 children, Faith journeys on survival mode to reach victory.

At a young age, I used to write books, poems and play/movie scripts that never published and I have no clue what happened to those writings. I’ve always had a love for writing and reading. I kept a diary that I started writing as a child and still write in my diaries to this day. Journal writing is such a huge part of my life. I was a big fan of Nancy Drew, The Babysitter’s Club, Romance books, and as I got older my interests turned to Self-Help & Spiritual books. I collect good books and throughout the years have read many, but still have a ways to go. I do have a slight addiction– book binges. I make my way to book sections of stores any time I’m out shopping and I buy every interesting book with a fabulous cover.

I always wanted to get back into writing, but this time taking my hobby more seriously. Eleven years ago I started working with magazine companies and then became a Publicist and opened my Public Relations Boutique seven years ago. Than last year I entered into the Book Publishing world when I landed a major out-of-state Publishing Company client. This was just what I needed to get my passionate juices flowing again. My skills excelled to the next level when I started working with Authors. It was an intriguing hands on learning experience and financially rewarding (I might add 🙂 Most of all, I met very wonderful authors!!!

Now I’m ready to write a novel to publish. So here I am! I finally started writing my first novel earlier this week on Tuesday June 17, 2014 when reality hit me hard and immediately realized that I actually wrote the introduction to what would become my first novel. Experienced writers say to begin writing and you’ll go someplace. That’s exactly what I did and it definitely took me somewhere. I went from not knowing what to write to establish a protagonist, plot and a series idea.

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