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Re-reading The client by John Grisham. . . not fun at all

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"In Eight Months' Time" by Bassey Ette. A compelling story. Some of the ideas in this novel are new. It's about a black teenage boy with parents from mix races(African-American). He discovered that his brother inlaw was the cause of his health problem..... He killed his brother inlaw in an unsual way. The sister is working with NYPD to uncover who killed her huband. This boy must now defend not only himself but his love ones including his beloved his sister from some evil men. Click my signature to read the preview

[quote author=Divepen1 post=53264686]One very funny thing about being a writer :everybody wants to be one too. Many want to tell the stories we tell. A good example is Politicalthug who believes writers are lazy because they don't update on time.
Let me tell you how I survive writing my storie. Peju Amadi (Repogirl) and Humbledbygrace have continually told me how much they want to update as regularly as I. But the truth is that any day they update, their works always come out better than mine. Many people


Divepen1, have u written any book?

Levy comes in as the third character - a black teenage boy with parents of mixed races. He had two siblings - one later married Jimmy Robert. Levy could be described in these words; stoic, believe a lot in life's values - respect, perseverance, pick yourself up in difficulties, compete, keep going.
At 19, he discovered he had a problem that existed since he was a child. Soon, the boy that has been enjoying and living his life just like every other boy his age was faced with a shock reality. Levy decided to tackle his problem the best way possible. He decided to take action, to take positive steps. The act of self mastery had begun!
When faced with problems, difficulties. Do you sit fat in your right and cry over it? Do you leave it to fate? Or, do you look for pragmatic ways to solve your problem and stop worrying about it? Remember worrying about a problem will not help you solve the problem but will only make you weak to face it when the problem finally comes. If atall it will come.
When you worry over a problem, it makes your heart wants to drop. At the end, you find out that you were just wasting your time over sometime that was baseless. Remember also no matter how hopeless your situation may look, something can still be done to better it. Don't you ever forget that!
In an attempt to find a lasting solution to his problem, Levy came to discover things he would never have and consequently came face to face with danger and the life of many depended on his survival.
Levy and Andy Tod had similarities - they were masters of their selves. One striking different Levy had from Andy Todd was that he had good conscience.
There are other characters like Sarah, Levy's elder sister, who went about her life thinking everyone were simple at heart like her. Oh, if only she had paid attention to little things and ask questions, she would have changed the course of events that was programmed to bring pains. Sometimes, it is the little things that we fail to pay attention to that would have made all the positive difference in life. And detective Frank - a find investigative police officer who found himself trapped in an investigation that was heading nowhere simply because he did not know how to head himself. It seems these characters wanted to entertain as well as inspire with one or two lessons but how well that will go is not of them to decide.

The next character is Jimmy Robert - an African American who graduated from the prestigious Harvard business school. He was young and handsome, easily liked by women. Jimmy was one man that enjoyed the company of women and the future looked bright in all aspects for him. But just a day encounter with Andy Todd changed all that he ever believed in. The coming together of these two men showed a classic example of who mastered himself and who did not. They had not known each other or met before except that afternoon in the subway. How then was mr. Todd able to change his views and believes all in one day encounter? The answer must lie in who these two men were. Don't you think so?
Andy Todd wanted Jimmy Robert to conform to his way of life and view life from his angle. Though Jimmy offered initial resistance but he gave in even though he knew it was not based upon justice and fairness toward others. He also knew it would mean betraying his love ones. And yet he could not resist. Why? Why did his resistance wear off? Maybe Jimmy Robert was not sure of what he had believed in all this while. You need to know what you want out of life, have a concrete plan and how to execute your plans to achieve what you want. And you also need to constantly review your stance on your plans and how to execute them. Or else people, situations will push you around. They will detect the direction while you follow. This is what happen when you do not master yourself. It will be extremely difficult for a man who has mastered himself to be pushed around by people or situations. How true is that statement? Keep in touch for the continuation. Bye!

Remember Andy Tod was someone who had great control over his life; spirit, soul and body. He was a firm believer in his abilities - a great thinker. And, by far he is the humblest character in his assumed world. You should understand that without his brain, his vision, his stubbornness and his daring the storyline in this his so call assumed world would never have happened.
When he had an encounter with a spirit called Elm, it did not happen by chance. It happened because of who he was - not just because he was a meta-physicist. But because of his deep lying interest of doing things nobody else around him does.
In the law of nature, you can only attract what has your interest or what is like you. Have you ever wonder why negative things happen around you? The answer may not be far fetched. It could be in your mind set. It could be you've built a wall of negativity around you - you are thinking, seeing and hearing negative things. Those things will in time manifest in real life things causing you pains. In the same way, if you think positive, build a positive wall around you. You begin to see positive things happening around you - things that can make you smile and relax. When what you want in life is aligned with the force of nature, you can be rest assure you will have it wrapped with peace and harmony. Or you can still force it to happen even if it does not align with the force of nature like Andy Todd did. But the end of it will be disastrous.
The world was built on the foundation of love. Note that love is positive, love is bold. Anything that you build or create that does not portray love, impart the people positively means you've failed in making the world a better place than you met.
Terrorists, suicide bombers, kidnappers, etc are busying creating something but the sad reality is they are only destroying the world.
The whole truth is, if we do not do things that will affect others positively , that thing will rise against us in the long run no matter how big or small it is. Andy Todd - this imaginative creation that lords over his fictive world is a classic example.
Keep in touch for the continuation, bye for now.