About
My name is Yecheilyah (e-see-lee-Yah) Ysrayl, also known as EC. I was born on the south side of Chicago IL, and discovered my love for writing at an early age. As a result I began writing early in life and soon developed a love for poetry. I attended Harper High School on Chicago’s south side where I was placed in ILCA (International Language Career Academy), although I kept my focus on writing. During my junior year in High School I took courses at Robert Morris College in downtown Chicago after being placed in Advanced Placement Literature, where I also took part in the writing of plays and skits for school assemblies, eventually landing a summer job in that area. After High School I attended Chicago State University where I met my husband and studied Technical and Professional writing before moving on to the medical field. I studied Medical Assistance and graduated from Everest College in 2008. That same year began my spiritual walk, joining Israylite Heritage organization, dedicated to restoring the forgotten heritage to the forgotten people; (www.hebrewisraelites.org) the so called blacks and certain Latinos in the America’s and abroad. In 2009 I moved to Shreveport Louisiana where I again focused my attention to my first love: writing. Only this time merged with a spiritual edge. I began performing at the Naked Bean Café in Shreveport La and published my first book, a collection of poetry, ‘From the depths of a Woman’s Heart', in 2010. In July of 2012 I released my second collection of poetry, ‘From when I was a Black Girl’, which is available now @:http://www.thebookpatch.com/BookStoreDetails.aspx?BookID=6884&ID=ad34ee6d-1367-4dcf-a1a9-0561a6207110 ‘The Aftermath’, released this same year, is my first novel.
Description
<p><strong><em>A tragic warrior lost in two worlds... Which one will he choose?</em></strong></p><p>The war in Iraq ended for Freddie when an IED explosion left his mind and body shattered. Once a skilled gamer as well as a capable soldier, he's now a broken warrior, emerging from a medically induced coma to discover he's inhabiting two separate realities.</p><p>The first is his waking world of pain, family trials, and remorse—and slow rehabilitation through the tender care of Becky, his physical therapist. The second is a dark fantasy realm of quests, demons, and magic, which Freddie enters when he sleeps. The lines soon blur for Freddie, not just caught between two worlds, but lost within himself.</p><p>Is he Lieutenant Freddie Williams, a leader of men, a proud officer in the US Army who has suffered such egregious injury and loss? Or is he Frederick, Prince of Stormwind, who must make sense of his horrific visions in order to save his embattled kingdom from the monstrous Horde, his only solace the beautiful gardener, Rebecca, whose gentle words calm the storms in his soul.</p><p>In the conscious world, the severely wounded vet faces a strangely similar and equally perilous mission to that of the prince—a journey along a dark road, haunted by demons of guilt and memory. Can he let patient, loving Becky into his damaged and shuttered heart? It may be his only way back from Hell.</p>
Story Behind The Book
This journey began four years ago, 2008. As I sat on the brink of a revolution of self, so did my writing. Yah (creator, father of heaven and earth) had already begun to open my eyes to the realities of the world that surrounded me, some of those things were surprising, while others were not. And while each revelation affected me in different ways, at the same time they affected me the same. My eyes were open, and no matter how hard I tried, no matter how tight my eyelids pulled against the skin next to it, nothing could shut them now. Yet this awakening produced a far greater struggle than the empty air soup of childhood poverty I was used to. This new struggle instead seemed to move past my physical needs, and overpowered my spiritual existence. No longer were my struggles my own, but now that my eyes were open, I had a duty to open the eyes of those who surrounded me. And since they had no idea they were closed, clearly their struggle surpassed mine. Simply put, I became a rich young woman, filled with the wealth of truth. Only question now was, how would my writing be affected?
It was simple. The story would be about a group of people who, after the financial collapse, decides to control the world through the influence of Lord Feinberg, a mysterious man pulling the strings of every person and reaction of this society, but who speaks through his prophet Antiochus. The group of people would disguise this plan under the safety of wealth, hidden under the skin of microchips and billion dollar homes. Anything the people wanted they had, except the freedom to think on their own. And all of this would be revealed to a little girl who comes into the realization of the truth that surrounds her. In so doing she would face the many challenges that are associated with this journey in addition to those of adolescence; which was the beauty and fun of making her a 14 year old girl. In addition to much more serious events, such as running for her life and escaping laser gun shots, she also has boring History Classes and lovesick daydreams of being rescued by the teacher to worry about. Then there is her relationship with her mom which is strained; a familiar scene in the life of teenagers. They love you in childhood, hate you in adolescence, and then love you again in adulthood. There are also Doris friends: Angela, Paris, and Alex.
So its a very moving, action packed, and silly read all at one time. As cliche as it sounds, it really does provoke one to seriously think outside the box, cry and laugh all in one interesting read.
And there you have it, more than a story, this piece seems to take on a life of its own!
