The host of Banker Turns Writer Blog is Trinidadian Brenda C Mohammed, a Readers' Favorite Award Winner, and multi-award winning author who published 60 books. She is the Founder of the Facebook Forum, How to Write for Success Literary Network, National President of The International Chamber of Writers and Artists for Trinidad and Tobago, and National President for UHE- Trinidad and Tobago.
Sunday 3 January 2021
WELCOME 2021
Wednesday 16 December 2020
SWEET MEDLEY: A POETIC JOY, TOPS THE CHARTS ON AMAZON
Friday 11 December 2020
SWEET MEDLEY: A POETIC JOY
I will be releasing my 33rd publication shortly.
SWEET MEDLEY: A POETIC JOY contains a medley of poems by Author Brenda Mohammed on varied subjects of life, love, and nature, as well as a number of tributes she received from members of the forum, How to Write for Success of which she is Founder, and Motivational Strips, where she is Regional Director - Operations.
The Foreword was written by Dr. Vandita Dharni, Author/Poet, who stated, "
The Book, ‘Sweet Medley: A Poetic Joy’ encapsulates a
feeling of warmth, love, and compassion. The poet Brenda Mohammed, has inked her
profound musings in this exquisite bouquet of verses. The poems are infused
with nostalgia yet there is hope igniting the dark tunnel of life in all its
manifestations."
Farhana Sait, Author/ Poet wrote in the Introduction, "
" Sweet Medley" as the name says are drops of
honey from the wonderful author, loved by the entire World, Mrs. Brenda
Mohammed. Her thirty-third book is no less than her earlier publications.
This book carries an ocean of interesting poems from the
author herself and tributes to the author from worldwide dignitaries on her
Birthday on December first. These tributes are treasures of love for Mrs.
Brenda Mohammed, the Iron Lady."
Watch this space for more on this book which will be published soon.
A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR BRENDA MOHAMMED
Friday 20 November 2020
BEST MEMORIES IN MY LIFE OF LITERATURE 2018
My one moment of glory at the Readers Favorite Awards 2018.
I walked on the stage for my moment of glory,
At Le Club Hotel at the Regency, Miami.
Music playing and my name called aloud,
I looked around at the cheering crowd.
Film crews, photographers, and journalists,
With TV Lights and camera flashes
Were there on the spot to take pictures.
When I received both my award medals.
Award-winning authors and their guests
Filled the room dressed in their best
They came from all over the world
To participate and enjoy the event.
After the formalities and congratulations,
Authors indulged in social interactions.
Exchanging business cards and chatting,
Mingling until the wee hours of the morning.
We took pictures with our books and each other.
It was an occasion we would long remember
Creating wonderful memories to last a lifetime
Thanks to Readers Favorite for a good time.
Copyright@BrendaMohammed
Monday 26 October 2020
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In 'How to Write for Success.' written by Brenda Mohammed, the author shares with new and aspiring authors valuable nuggets of truth.
The book received a five-star review from Readers Favorite one month after it was published.
In August 2019 it topped all the books in the Non-Fiction category of Connections Emagazine Readers’ Choice awards and won the gold medal.
The merits of the book were featured in a review in the Ethiopian Herald Sunday Edition on February 16th, 2020.
Using her own experiences she focuses on the essentials of writing a book to which readers will gravitate.
The book covers plotting, writing dialogue, narrative, building a story world, choosing a book title, writing the blurb, what an author should do before and after publishing, choosing categories, creating an author brand, book marketing, and most of all how to get sales and reviews.
As a bonus, the author shows how you can achieve recognition in an author's world and become successful.
You can become a best-selling author and an award-winning author.
The book teaches skills to achieve your dreams and goals.
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Tuesday 22 September 2020
Trinidad and Tobago writer Brenda Mohammed gets prestigious award
Trinidad and Tobago writer Brenda Mohammed gets prestigious award
In the midst of the gloom of the pandemic, one T&T writer has found a reason to celebrate.
Brenda Mohammed received the Prashamshith Pathr (Certificate of Appreciation) from one of the world’s most active writers’ forums, Motivational Strips, and the Indian government’s most respected literary institution, Gujarat Sahitya Academy.
It was awarded to 350 prominent writers from 80 countries as India marked its 74th Independence Day on August 15.
It’s a phenomenal achievement for a woman who was battling ovarian cancer 15 years ago.
Forced to seek medical help abroad, Mohammed travelled to the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Centre for surgery and chemotherapy.
Not only did she fully recover and was able to return to her job at Republic Bank but that journey shaped everything she did after that.
As a cancer survivor, many who were ailing sought her advice encouraging her 2013 book I Am Cancer Free.
It became very popular among those fighting the disease. “That gave me the encouragement to write more books,” Mohammed said.
That’s exactly what she did.
To date, she has written 27 multi-genre novels climbing the ladder at various prominent writers groups around the globe.
A year after joining the Literary Forum, Motivational Strips, the world’s most active writers’ forum with writers from 163 countries and monthly visitors crossing 7.3 million, she was appointed Regional Director of Operations.
In October 2018, she was appointed an Honorary Member of the World Higher Literary Academic Council of World Nations Writers’ Union.
Her Prashamshith Pathr award made headlines in several newspapers around the world. “I was delightfully surprised when I saw my name on the list of awardees. This is not just a premium award for me, but more than that, I value it as the success of Trinidad and Tobago writers,” she said.
Founder of Motivational Strips, Shiju Pallithazheth said it was “a happy moment to see Trinidad and Tobago shining on the world literary map and Brenda Mohammed crowned as its literary gem.”
While it may be the highlight of her writing career, it certainly isn’t her first award.
In January, the Vistabella resident was inducted into The Indie Authors Hall of Fame in the United States —an establishment for self-published authors who have achieved fame.
In December 2018, she was awarded the World Laureate in Literature by World Nations Writers’ Union.
On August 31, 2019, Mohammed was honoured by the Seychelles Government Accredited Literary Society [ LLSF] for her contribution to world poetry, creativity, and writing expertise.
Her genres include memoirs, science fiction, romance, self-help, mystery, children’s books, and poetry. In fact, her self-help book, How to Write for Success, became an important guide for new and aspiring authors.
It received a five-star review and a five-star seal from Readers Favorite one month after publication.
It also won the gold award in the category non-fiction in Connections EMagazine Readers’ Choice awards 2019 and a silver medal for second place in all genres.
It would seem that Mohammed doesn’t need any further inspiration with so many awards and accolades bestowed on her but she says: “This award has given me encouragement to do more work in the field of literature that will benefit the world at large.”
Now, as great T&T writers such as VS Naipaul, CLR James, and Earl Lovelace have done in the past, she wants to create literature as a form of tourism for this country. “Although this is a literature award, I see this as a way of boosting tourism in Trinidad and Tobago. Motivational Strips is the world’s most active writers’ forum and has writers from 163 countries with monthly visitors crossing 7.3 million. All eyes are now focused on Trinidad and Tobago and whenever the pandemic ends, I hope we will see a flux of visitors to this country.”
Though the Prashamshith Pathr award is her crowning achievement thus far, it is by no means the final chapter in Brenda Mohammed’s story.
Monday 7 September 2020
SUCCESS FOR TRINIDAD AUTHOR BRENDA MOHAMMED IN TIMES OF COVID 19
In spite of COVID 19 in 2020, Author Brenda Mohammed is pursuing her work in Literature.
She made headlines in the Sunday Herald in Ethiopia on Sunday 6th September 2020.
Thursday 3 September 2020
HOW TO WRITE FOR SUCCESS FORUM IS SPREADING LITERARY TALENT WORLDWIDE
HOW TO WRITE FOR SUCCESS LITERARY FORUM was founded by
Trinidadian author BRENDA MOHAMMED in February 2018.
After her successful entry into the literary world in 2013 and having written a number of books, some of which won awards and became bestsellers, she wrote the book HOW TO WRITE FOR SUCCESS to help new and aspiring authors.
One month after its publication, Readers Favorite
International gave it a five-star review.
Reviewed by Darin Godby for Readers' Favorite, Five Stars.
“Author Brenda Mohammed gives the reader valuable nuggets of truth to use within their own writing career in How To Write For Success.
There is a brief introduction listing the various books the author has written and her ability to encompass different types of literature.
The purpose of this book is to show readers that the author has a passion to help other readers fulfill their lifelong dream of writing their own book.
I really appreciated the personal stories on how the author writes her own material and how important research is, even before one begins to write.
She also lists several
Facebook groups she has joined to help promote both her material and herself as
an author.
One of the best statements I appreciated within this book is: "A book description is your sales pages. It will sell your book.Make sure it is engaging and can turn a browse into a buy."
This is great and valuable information for a writer to understand.
There is also listed the importance of copyrighting the material, getting an ISBN number, etc. Whoever gets the ISBN number is considered the publisher.
The author has the choice of getting their own or letting the publisher get it for them.
Pre-orders are very important to an author.
Creating excitement before the book is even printed is huge.
There are also many listed things that one can do following publication.
Branding yourself is also very important.
People must know about you and your material, how to find it, and consider reading it.
I really enjoyed all the links provided in the e-book, allowing the reader to go to various publishers, writing aids, Facebook groups, etc.
This is an asset to any writer at any level, given the detailed information, but for the beginner, it is a must-have!.”
This review inspired Brenda to start the Literary Forum,
How to Write for Success.
In October 2018, Shiju H Pallithazheth, the Founder of
Motivational Strips, the world’s most active writers’ forum approached Brenda
to affiliate her forum with Motivational Strips and she agreed. This
affiliation worked in favour of both forums and the benefits were many. Both
groups saw an increase in membership.
In February 2019, How to Write for Success Literary Forum
produced an Anthology of Poems to prevent Suicide. ‘A Spark of Hope’
co-authored by 47 poets of both forums topped the charts of Amazon and became
Amazon bestseller No 1 in Poetries and Anthologies.
In August 2019, the book ‘How to Write for Success;’ topped
all the books in the Non-Fiction category of Connections Emagazine Readers’
Choice awards and won the gold medal. It also won the silver medal in the
overall categories for second place. The first place went to one of Brenda’s
books, ‘Stories People Love.’ It was a double victory.
Because of favourable reports received about A Spark of
Hope, which saved many from committing suicide, on 11th February
2020, the forum published Volume two of A Spark of Hope. That book, which was
coauthored by 64 poets, also topped the charts of Amazon to become bestseller
No 1 in Poetries and Anthologies.
The increase in Domestic Violence throughout the world
raised much concern for poets in both forums. On March 5th, Break
the Silence: An Anthology against Domestic Violence, coauthored by 87 poets was
published by the forum. That Anthology also topped the charts of Amazon to
become bestseller No 1 in Poetries and Anthologies.
The merits of the book, ‘How to Write for Success’ were
featured in a comprehensive review in the Ethiopian Herald Sunday Edition on February 16th 2020, by senior journalist Alem
Hailu. He gave full details of how it can help new and even seasoned authors.
This is one sentence from his lengthy review, ‘As a
novelist, book reviewer, and editor myself, I wish I had this book by my bedside
for reference in my previous literary pursuits, for unlike other books, I made
recourse to, in a bid to fathom the literary devices authors, as well as book
reviewers, are expected to well digest, HOW TO WRITE FOR SUCCESS profits a wide
array of writers if they, in good time, upload it in their backpacks.’
On 28th May 2020,
WORLD NATIONS WRITERS UNION conferred on How to Write for Success Literary
Forum a rare and exclusive award to selfless literary institutions that have
very high standards of operations, and serve the world of literature
selflessly.
On August 15th 2020, it was a moment of pride
when the Founder and all Administrators of HOW TO WRITE FOR SUCCESS LITERARY
FORUM were honoured by Motivational Strips, the world's most active writers'
forum, and Gujarat Sahitya Academy of Gujarat, India.
To date, the Forum which now has three sub-forums have a total of members as follows:
How to Write for Success
6,300
Poems for suicide Prevention 1,300
Poems Against Domestic Violence 1,100
Library of how to Write for Success 308
JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP. CLICK HERE
VISIT THE FORUM'S WEBSITE HERE
CHECK OUT THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE
Sunday 2 August 2020
Book Review, Press Release, and Mini critique by Readers Favorite International
My book is also entered in the Annual International Award Contest.
This is a great honour.
In 2018 I won two awards in the Readers Favorite International Award Contest and the Award Ceremony was held in Miami where I attended.
I wrote this book after my trip to New York, London, Switzerland, and France in August 2019.
Thanks for the lovely poster Shiju H. Pallithazheth
I should also mention that the book cover was made by
Shiju H Pallithazheth
Here is the Press Release from Readers Favorite:"
"For immediate release:
Author's new book receives a warm literary welcome.
Readers' Favorite announces the review of the Romance - Suspense book "Stories That Intrigue" by Brenda Mohammed, currently available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1696455707.
Readers' Favorite is one of the largest book review and award contest sites on the Internet. They have earned the respect of renowned publishers like Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins, and have received the "Best Websites for Authors" and "Honoring Excellence" awards from the Association of Independent Authors. They are also fully accredited by the BBB (A+ rating), which is a rarity among Book Review and Book Award Contest companies.
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Wednesday 29 July 2020
AMAZON NO 1 BESTSELLER HEARTWARMING TALES BY BRENDA MOHAMMED
I feel blessed to have so many fans.
I thank all who supported me - the names are many.
The book made it to Amazon No 1 bestseller and I owe it all to my supporters and fans.
A special thanks to Shiju H. Pallithazheth for creating the poster to advertise the Kindle Promotion and to all who shared the poster - Luzviminda Gabato Rivera, Mirii Miryam, David Padilla, Annette Tarpley, Timothy Payton, Mary Lynn Luiz, and so many others.
Thanks a million to all of you in How to Write for Success and Motivational Strips Forums
The book can be obtained at Amazon worldwide. CLICK HERE.
Sunday 26 July 2020
AMAZON BEST SELLER NO 1 - SOOTHING POETRY IN SPANISH ANG ENGLISH
Thanks to Dr. Arabella Persaud, my sister, for the translations into Spanish and the brilliant Foreword.
Thursday 16 July 2020
It is Science Fiction and Fantasy month on Goodreads
This month is science fiction month on Goodreads.
If you love to read science fiction read one that is out of the ordinary.
Here is a book description for ZEEKA CHRONICLES written by Brenda Mohammed.
Dr. Stephen Sharpe, kidnapped as a child and raised by an evil man, who wants to use science for revenge, focuses on avenging Zeeka and restoring sanity to the island of Gosh, even if it means throwing his fiancé into the arms of his brother, who never knew him, in a complicated tale where zombies and robots take center stage.
ZEEKA CHRONICLES: REVENGE OF ZEEKA by Author Brenda Mohammed, is a multi-award winning science-fiction novel inspired by the recent scare of the zika virus.
The book comprises five thrilling episodes set on a beautiful fictitious island named Gosh in the year 2036.
It was an award winner in the Category Young Adult Thriller in Readers Favorite International Awards 2018, winner in Science Fiction in SIBA Awards 2017, winner of the gold award in the category science fiction in Connections Emagazine Readers' Choice Awards 2018, and winner in the top ten finalists for science-fiction in the Author Academy Global Awards 2018.
Readers Favorite International gave it a five-star review
Take a futuristic journey into the year 2036 with this mind-blowing, bold, and original 'other world' book, that will capture your imagination and keep you spellbound.
Available on Amazon [all five episodes in one book] CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE FOR THE TRILOGY [three episodes]
The book has received 132 reviews to date in several countries.
Add your review to that impressive list.
Get the book today.
THE BACKSTORY FOR ZEEKA CHRONICLES
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