About the Book

Josiah Tucker, the son of a substance dependent and neglectful mother, spent most of his childhood years in the custody of the State, living in foster homes throughout Atlanta, Georgia. At the age of fourteen, he was taken from  the foster family that he had grown to love, the Smiths, and returned to his negligent birth mother. Enduring the hardships faced while living with his birth mother JT manages to makes something of his life.  However, fifteen years after being taken from the Smiths and at the peak of success, he finds himself feeling empty and at his lowest.  When he decides to reconnect with the Smiths, JT finds his faith in God renewed and discovers his attraction to his foster sister.

Stacy, your latest release is titled Dreams That Won’t Let Go, can you provide tips for mothers who are still waiting for their dreams to be birthed?

My humble advice to mothers wanting to pursue their dreams is something I say often – a quote that I borrowed from former stockbroker and author Chris Gardner: “Baby steps count too.” It means that every chance you get, carve out a little time to pursue your passion. If it’s writing a book, you might have one hour a week to write a new chapter. If it’s singing, maybe you start out in the church choir, and eventually form your own group, and then take that group on a local church tour.

My name is Sonya Visor and my selection for Sistahfaith is, My Own Creation.

It is my prayer that readers would receive divine inspiration and hope to face those life wounds that are tucked deep within. This book with real sistahs, real stories will show the scars of others so those that are bound might have the courage to be free.

My purpose, my story, is to unveil the TruU through the ministry of taking off the mask. Through years of wearing many masks I created someone who I no longer could recognize. I didn’t know how to be real after years of lying about the hands that had touched my body. I learned how to cover up sin at a young age by being silent. I went through life suppressing the shame and guilt of the secrets, until one day I found myself on my living room floor in a fetal position ready to take my own life. But God…used my four year old son to deliver me! It was time to be free. I was exhausted from the weights and becoming what everyone else desired me to be. It was indeed time to find Sonya under all of the layers to see what the Creator had purposed me to be in life.

“Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.”  Psalm 37: 5
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Meet Rhonda McKnight

I’d like to introduce myself by sharing a little of my journey to publication, because it’s been filled with favor.  I’ve been writing since I was six years old, but became really serious about publication in late 2002. I attended some writers conferences, joined a few writers groups, but still had not committed to finishing a project. On New Year’s Day 2007 I sat down with the Lord and told HIM I wanted a book deal before the end of the year. My novel was in first draft form and needed a lot of rewriting, but I was determined to clean it up and get it in the mail early enough to sell it before the next new year caught me wishing I had.

Fearfully and wonderfully, He created each and every part of me..
Without doubt the Master carved my greatness into being.
With strokes of love He painted a rich vibrant color all over my body.
Each time He touched me He thought of how wonderful my life would be.

He saw my days and wrote each one down in the book of life.
With careful thought He penned each bump, obstacles,
and the victory I would have in the midst of it all.
He knew I would be one to accept His Son
and that the enemy would try and steal me away.

Yet as He wrote, He knew that in my life He would be glorified.