WORKED FOR DECADES: THE BEST IS YET TO COME

 Review for Retirement is Fun

When one door closes, another opens. The title itself is a quiet act of defiance. 

Retirement is often framed as an ending, a winding down, a time of letting go. But Brenda Mohammed turns that narrative completely on its head.
She presents retirement not as a closing door, but as the moment when a whole new set of doors swings wide open. That perspective is not just refreshing; it is genuinely transformative. And the way she writes about it, with warmth, humour, and an unshakeable belief that every stage of life holds its own kind of adventure, makes this book a gift to anyone standing at that threshold, wondering what comes next.
At its heart, Retirement is Fun is a celebration of reinvention. 

It is a book that says your best chapters are not behind you; they are waiting to be written. 

Whether you are stepping away from a long career, adjusting to an empty nest, or simply looking for permission to prioritize your own joy for the first time in decades, this book offers both practical wisdom and heartfelt encouragement.
Brenda Mohammed explores the freedom that comes with letting go of old identities and embracing new possibilities, from a new job, travel, and hobbies to volunteering and deepening relationships.
She also acknowledged there will be challenges and the quiet loss of purpose. The identity shifts and the fear of irrelevance, but you never let those moments linger in despair. 

Instead, you meet them with grace, humour, and a gentle nudge toward hope. This is a book that understands retirement is not about stopping; it is about starting again, on your own terms, even after battling a critical illness.
Books that actually celebrate the emotional and spiritual journey of this stage of life are surprisingly rare. 

Retirement is Fun fills that gap beautifully. Readers who are approaching retirement, recently retired, or even just dreaming of a different kind of future will find themselves nodding along, laughing, and maybe even tearing up a little at the recognition.
The book has a timeless, universal appeal that crosses generations. It speaks to anyone who has ever wondered if they still have something to offer, if their best days are truly behind them, or if they are allowed to be happy in a new and unfamiliar season of life. 

Your voice is warm, encouraging, and deeply human, and that is exactly what readers are craving.
The author clearly shows that retirement is not the end of the story. It is the beginning of a beautiful new chapter.

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Taylor Morgan

FROM THE BANKING FLOOR TO THE WRITTEN PAGE

 

#MyLifeAsABanker #BrendaMohammed #Memoir #InspirationalReads #KindleBooks #Bookstagram

FROM THE BANKING FLOOR TO THE WRITTEN PAGE

From the banking floor to the written page, MY LIFE AS A BANKER is one woman's proof that it's never too late to write your own story.

In My Life as a Banker, A Life Worth Living, Brenda Mohammed opens the vault on a career built on resilience, faith, and hard-won lessons in this award-winning memoir for anyone chasing purpose over paychecks.

Grab your Kindle, Paperback, or Audiobook copy, and start reading tonight.

ENTER THE WORLD LAUREATE AWARDS 2026

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THE WORLD NOBLE LAUREATE  AWARDS 2026

We are the National Award Committee for the Trinidad and Tobago 

Chapter of The World Noble Laureate Award 2026.

FOUNDER: Zlatan Demirovic of Phoenix, Arizona

PRESIDENT: Shikdar Mohammed Kibriah of Sylhet, Bangladesh

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CHAPTER

President: Brenda Mohammed

Prose Specialist: Fiona Gobin

Poetry Specialist: Florabelle Lutchman

Visual Artist Specialist: Rashiff Mohammed

This is a call for immediate submissions from authors, poets, and 

artists from Trinidad and Tobago only.

Please watch the video that gives full details:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wo8l1iE4hn8
 

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF LITERATURE: PROSE:

NAME:  

COUNTRY: 

CATEGORY: 

EMAIL: 

TELEPHONE: 

WEBSITE: 

1. A short bio of not more than 300 words.

2. Your published books and review links.

3. Awards and Honours

4. Literary and Cultural Functions and Memberships

5. Links to Personal Interviews and Articles

6. Other Relevant Achievements

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF LITERATURE: POETRY

NAME:  

COUNTRY: 

CATEGORY: 

EMAIL: 

TELEPHONE: 

WEBSITE: 

1. A short bio of not more than 300 words

2. Individual poems or a body of works

3. Awards and Honours

4. Literary and Cultural Functions and Memberships

5. Links to Personal Interviews and Articles

6. Other Relevant Achievements

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF VISUAL ARTS

NAME:  

COUNTRY: 

CATEGORY: 

EMAIL: 

TELEPHONE: 

WEBSITE: 

1. A short bio of not more than 300 words

2. An Art Portfolio

3. Awards and Honours

4. References supporting your artistic career

5.      List of exhibitions

5. Links to Personal Interviews and Articles

6. Other Relevant Achievements

CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS:  OCTOBER 31st. 2026

Send your submissions to  howtowriteforsuccess@gmail.com

BMohammed

PRESIDENT: National Award Committee Trinidad and Tobago

Important Notice

• Applicants from other countries should submit their works through the National Award Committee (NAC) of their country whenever one has been established.

Official information: https://thenoblelaureateaward.org 

FROM ZOMBIE STORY TO HOLLYWOOD SCREENPLAY SUCCESS .

 

FROM ZOMBIE STORY TO HOLLYWOOD SCREENPLAY SUCCESS

The Journey from novel to Screenplay Finalist in the 13Horror.com Film and Screenplay Contest.

ZEEKA AND THE ZOMBIES II, a gripping sci-fi horror novel, was adapted into a four-series screenplay and was selected as a finalist in the 13Horror-com Film & Screenplay Contest 2025.
The futuristic sci-fi horror thriller written by Trinidadian Brenda Mohammed was selected among the top 25% of entries.
The feature-length screenplay based on this novel was praised by judges for its genre-defying fusion of futuristic sci-fi, Caribbean folklore, and dark fantasy, set in a vividly imagined 2036 Caribbean Island.
Andrew Hannon, the Contest Director and one of the Hollywood judges, commended the screenplay for its complex narrative, emotional depth, and cinematic horror, highlighting standout moments such as the Carnival massacre, the twist involving Chief of Police Bill Grady, and the poignant revelation of Zeeka's hidden humanity. GET THE BOOK IN KINDLE UNLIMITED, PAPERBACK, HARDCOVER, OR AUDIOBOOK FROM AMAZON. CLICK HERE

 

MY INSPIRATION FOR THE ZEEKA SERIES

I did not choose writing as my career. It happened by chance.

I was a successful banker, and after retiring from banking, I moved on to insurance, where I also excelled. I qualified for the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table six times in a row and had the privilege to attend MDRT Conferences abroad. Those opportunities broadened my knowledge in new areas, preparing me for writing.

My writing journey began after my bout with cancer. I wrote I Am Cancer Free and self-published it in June 2013, eight years after my near-death experience with cancer. I wrote that book to tell people suffering from that disease that cancer does not have to be a death sentence. That book [my first] won the McGrath House Indie Book Awards in the category Non-Fiction in September 2016. It received a five-star review and five-star seal from Readers Favorite in 2017, and won an award in the Readers’ Favorite International Awards in Miami in 2018.

I wrote four memoirs about my life as a banker, retirement, travel, and a spiritual one, before trying my hand at fiction.

I tried fiction because of something my brother said to me in one of his letters before his death. He wrote in reference to my book, ‘My Life as a Banker: A Life Worth Living,”

“Your book makes very pleasant reading, and your literary expression is superb and easy to follow. You have an excellent talent, and I think you should follow up on a leisurely basis by publishing a book of short stories. With fiction, you will have greater opportunity to use your imagination and your undoubted descriptive ability. You used the word “fantasize” to create a situation. This is an outstanding quality, which you should continue to use because it is imagination, which is everything, coming from within you. It creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.”

After the devastating effects of the zika virus pandemic in 2016, the idea came to me. It was purely my imagination.

 An idea for a science fiction series came to me, and in February 2016, I published ZEEKA AND THE ZOMBIES: REVENGE OF ZEEKA BOOK I.

Within a few months, I released ZEEKA’S CHILD BOOK 2 and ZEEKA RETURNS BOOK 3.

 I had compiled the first three books into a trilogy called REVENGE OF ZEEKA: HORROR TRILOGY. In September 2016, I submitted the trilogy to Readers Favorite for a free review. The book received a five-star review and a five-star seal.

I thought that I had ended the story.

 But in the middle of the night, I awoke, and Zeeka spoke to me, telling me that I was not finished.

He said he wanted to return as a ghost to beg Steven's forgiveness.

As a devoted Christian, I believe in forgiveness.

I believe that God created each of us and that there is good in each one. I brushed it off several times before I finally wrote ZEEKA'S GHOST.

Then Number Nine started to bother me.

He wanted to tell the world that he was human, so I wrote RESURRECTION. It sounds crazy, but it is the truth.

 I combined all five episodes into another book, ZEEKA CHRONICLES, which also received a five-star award from Readers' Favorite International and won a bronze medal at the awards ceremony I attended in Miami. I won two awards that night: one for ZEEKA CHRONICLES, and the other for I AM CANCER FREE.

In early 2025, I adapted ZEEKA CHRONICLES into a screenplay with all five episodes. I submitted it to movie agents, and an agent said it was too big. It was 150 pages, and I should reduce it to 120 pages.

I had a difficult time choosing which episode to delete. It hurt me, but I decided to delete ZEEKA’s GHOST.

That is how the Screenplay for ZEEKA AND THE ZOMBIES II was born.

 ZEEKA AND THE ZOMBIES II contains four episodes.

 ZEEKA AND THE ZOMBIES I

ZEEKA’S CHILD

ZEEKA RETURNS

RESURRECTION

 The screenplay was a finalist in the Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest in September 2025. It placed in the top 25% of all entries.

I then proceeded to publish a book for ZEEKA AND THE ZOMBIES II in October 2025.

 My Christian faith and belief in forgiveness are the very foundation of Zeeka's story.

It is not just a thrilling sci-fi horror, but a deeply moral tale about the possibility of redemption, even for those who seem lost.

The moral of the story is that GOOD ALWAYS TRIUMPHS OVER EVIL.

There are three things readers can learn from the book.

 • Courage can emerge from vulnerability: Steven's transformation from victim to hero shows how someone who begins in a position of danger can eventually become the person others depend on.

 • Technology can serve both creation and destruction: The futuristic weapons, heroic robots, miracle healing machines, and weaponized zombies create an interesting contrast.

 • Good always triumphs over evil. Master Zeeka's hidden humanity and Number Nine's unexpected situation give the story room to explore compassion, identity, and redemption alongside the horror.

 BRENDA MOHAMMED

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A CARIBBEAN ROMANCE LOVE MYSTERY

 

THE GIFT OF LOVE was adapted into a screenplay and was selected in the Quarterfinals of Stage 32 + DramaBox Screenwriting Competition in April 2026.
In THE GIFT OF LOVE, Love, mystery, and resilience intertwine in a captivating tale set against the vibrant backdrop of a Caribbean island, where Crystal Rice is torn between fulfilling her dying father’s wish for her to marry Peter Paton, the son of his wealthy friend, and her undying love for her boyfriend, Barry Holmes.
Set on a lovely Caribbean island, The Gift of Love is filled with suspense and mystery,
Why was her daughter, Lauren, kidnapped, and by whom?
Only one man is willing to investigate her daughter’s disappearance.
Who is he?
What was The Gift of Love, and who was the recipient?
The Book is an exciting prequel to a mystery/detective series, Barry Holmes Investigates.
The book is available on Amazon. CLICK HERE

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR LOVERS OF GHOST AND HORROR STORIES

 

Friends, here is a great opportunity for lovers of ghost and horror

stories.

Author Brenda Mohammed, a multi-award-winning author who has

published 68 books, is offering the fourth book in the REVENGE OF

ZEEKA SERIES free of charge if you join her mailing list on her

website.

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

Zeeka's Ghost is the fourth book in the Revenge of Zeeka five-book

horror series.

It is also the fourth book in the five-book series Zeeka Chronicles,

which has been adapted into a screenplay for the cinema.

A strong wind throws down Zeeka’s urn; it falls and breaks, and his

ashes scatter in Steven’s study, and Zeeka’s ghost appears to Dr.

Steven Sharpe, whom Zeeka had kidnapped as a child.

The ghost begs for forgiveness from Steven and saves Mandy,

Steven’s wife, from dangerous kidnappers.

Can dead people return to Earth to make amends?

Read the book to find out more.

Click this link to download your copy.