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Read to journey through a first life, processed in internal silence through writings of fiction and creative non-fiction, of poetry, prose, and narrative essay, to process, to connect, to be inventive, to grow, to understand and to heal. Silence of My Inceptive Self, Collected Writings, Volume One, is a hybrid, mixed genre collection of writing compiled over 20 years, but mostly written during the maturation years of millennials and Generation Z, for a mature audience, all from a relatable, but tender perspective. L. Smith's collection of writing is art imitating life that heaves through dating, flirting, desire, love, marital bliss, family, first-time motherhood, raising a preschooler, that plunges into heartbreak, police misconduct, untimely deaths, terminal illness, marital frustration, scandal, black maternal healthcare disparity, and mom guilt, and that leads to the elevating treasure of God's ever-present grace therein.

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"""I like your haiku best., as they say so much, in so few words. Your poems have a rhythm and cadence that I can hear, as I read them, as if I am listening at an open mic or poetry reading.....my favorite prose piece was Cute Day..."". --Louise Stahl, editor ""Author L. Smith's Silence of My Inceptive Self is a reflective, entertaining, inspiring, emotional, and uplifting work of literature that readers will enjoy thoroughly. Author L. Smith puts her creative writing front and center, using poetry haikus to highlight the main subject of each partition of her book. She touches on a variety of subjects, including infidelity, domestic violence, family interactions, the relationship with her father and her relationship with God. Being an avid reader of novels, both fiction and non-fiction, as well as poetry books, it was the best of both literary worlds. Silence of My Inceptive Self marries beautifully written poetry with witty, dramatic short stories, along with a side of spiritual verses and anecdotes from Scripture along with messages that ties each subject matter together. It is the most complete poetry book that I've read and I'm eagerly awaiting what L. Smith has in store for her next great book! I strongly recommend this book to readers of all genres worldwide!"" --Marc Beausejour, author"

Author Information

L. Smith, born in New Orleans, is a 2021 graduate of Johns Hopkins University Master of Arts in Teaching Writing program and holds an undergraduate degree in mass communications, advertising focus, and a writing minor, from Texas State University. While fulfilling her writing minor credits at Texas State University, she reconnected with her childhood passion for creative writing, was challenged to write short stories, and began writing creatively as an outlet while experiencing the hills and valleys of young adult life. She continues to write poems, prose, fiction, and non-fiction that reflect life's hills and valleys and that give voice to social injustice. She has traveled internationally and across the US as an Air Force brat, and later, domestically, as a technical trainer. She has freelanced for central Texas newspapers and magazine and taught English, reading, and history in various central Texas schools, including University of Texas Charter schools. Currently living in Austin, Texas, brought there as a teen with her family per her late loving father's military duty, she is a divorced mother of one beautiful, resilient daughter, a daughter of a ride-or-die mama, a dog mom of a geriatric, anti-social Chihuahua, and a life-long student of writing acumen, with incredible gratitude for teaching writing professors. Silence of My Inceptive Self, Collected Writings, Volume One, is L. Smith's first published book.

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