A SUCCESS JOURNEY

MY JOURNEY FROM BANKING TO INSURANCE AND THEN WRITING

I have spent a lot of time on this blog advertising my books.

Today I will tell you something about me.

First of all, let me thank my 213,000 readers for following and reading my blog. Without you, I could not have a blog.

It has occurred to me that my dear readers want to know why I have written multiple genres.

In case you have now started to follow this blog, I will bring you up-to-date.

I have written 5 Memoirs, 3 Children's books, 3 Romance, 7 Science Fiction,  3 Self-Help, 4 Mysteries,  1 Conspiracy Thriller,  1 Psychological thriller,  12 Poetry books, and 8 Christian Books. I have also compiled 7 Anthologies and 6 Magazines for the How to Write for Success Literary Forum, of which I am the Founder, and for The International Chamber of Writers and Artists  [CIESART], as National President for Trinidad and Tobago.

I published 60 books and I cannot give details of each one, but I will try to generalize and be brief.

My first book was a memoir of my near-death experience with cancer. I am Cancer Free was a No. 1 bestseller and won an award for Health and Fitness from Reader's Favorite International.

That success spurred me on to write another.

I wrote My Life as a Banker and that book was popular with many of my former banker friends who were interested in the changes that the bank made over the years, changes in the bank's attitude towards its employees throughout my working years, and the important roles I played to bring about changes.

The book won second place in Bio's/Memoirs in Metamorph Publishing Summer Indie Book Awards 2016.

I continued writing and penned a book titled Retirement is Fun. In that book, I wrote about my new career in Insurance where I qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table six times in a row. I also described my many travel adventures around the world. From the great reviews I received, I was inspired to continue writing and I wrote my Father's Memoirs, and my Travel Memoirs.

Since I had no more memoirs to write I tried Children's books, moved on to Romance and won more awards, and then I delved into Science Fiction. 

My science fiction novel ZEEKA CHRONICLES also won an award in Reader's Favorite International.

After such great success, I wrote HOW TO WRITE FOR SUCCESS and it was another winner. I followed up with How to Write for Success II, and Self-Publishing Tips.

My imagination began to give me ideas about Mystery novels, Conspiracy theories, and Psychological thrillers and I wrote more books.

Poetry suddenly seemed very attractive and I wrote 12 poetry books which were all bestsellers upon New Release.

Because of the chaotic state of the world, I suddenly got an urge to write Christian books and I wrote eight of them, four of which are poetic.

It has been an exciting journey for me, participating in book signings and Book Fairs, and making newspaper headlines.

 I have won Literary awards in the USA, Peru, Kazakhstan, Seychelles, Nigeria, India, Romania, Argentina, Ukraine, Morocco, Philippines, Oman, Hong Kong, Portugal, Uruguay, Indonesia, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Switzerland, Italy, Sri Lanka, Austria, Russia, Germany, Syria, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, Chile, Egypt, Honduras, Mexico, Pakistan, Cuba, China, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Bosnia, Trinidad and Tobago, and the UK.

I also received several awards from CIESART Spain and was

 featured on the cover of their magazine. 

In 2024 I was honoured with the PLATO AWARD by CIESART.

The values highlighted by PLATO are Wisdom, Temperance,

 Courage, Justice, and more.   

I am an advocate for Peace, Suicide Prevention, and Against

Domestic Violence.

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No longer HOW TO WRITE FOR SUCCESS remains a question that is unanswered for many.

The book written by BRENDA MOHAMMED, inspired the author to establish a Literary forum with three sub-forums and growing membership.

This bestselling book received a five-star review from Readers Favorite one month after it was published in December 2017.

In August 2019 it topped all the books in the Non-Fiction category of Connections Emagazine Readers' Choice awards and won the gold medal in the category of non-fiction.

It also placed second in all categories and won the silver medal. The irony of this was that Brenda's romance novel, 'Stories People Love,' placed first in all categories and won the gold medal..

The merits of the book HOW TO WRITE FOR SUCCESS were featured in a review in the Ethiopian Herald Sunday Edition on February 16th, 2020.

EXTRACT OF READERS’ FAVORITE REVIEW

“If you are now getting into writing read this book before you begin. The ideas generated will be of great help to you as Brenda uses her own experiences as she said, from her trials and errors in her writing journey. You will learn a lot from the Questions and Answers Segment of the book. I did.

The courage and creativity of writing a book are only surpassed by the eager willingness of those more experienced than we to take the time to offer their wisdom.

I say to all who have something to say, if you aspire to say it, then say it well, but take the time to learn from others who have not only experienced success but are willing to teach.

This book offers such valuable information for all of us experienced or not!

Thank you, Brenda!”

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TRINIDAD AUTHOR BRENDA MOHAMMED CONFERRED THE PEACOCK oPINION AWARD.

On February 20th 2020, the Founder of Motivational Strips Literature Forum, Shiju H Pallithazheth, announced that he was conferring The Peacock oPinion Award on Trinidad Author Brenda Mohammed.
THE PEACOCK oPINION" Honour is the first order and distinguished honour conferred by Motivational Strips. It falls under LEVEL 1 in terms of all honours summed up and is awarded to authors who have shown exceptional support to World Literature.

Two days later, on february 22nd. 2020 she was honoured with a World Award of excellence 2019-2020 by Provincial Municipality of Urubamba, Republic Government of Peru. The certificate of honour was issued by Luis Alberto Valcarcel Villegas, Mayor of Urubamba. The world award of excellence 2019-2020 was conducted by the Government of Peru jointly with their Associates Motivational Strips, Worlds Most active writers’ online forum, World Nations Writers Union, Kazakhstan, and the Union Hispanomundial De Escritores, Peru.
Mrs. Brenda Mohammed was one of the selected poets from Trinidad for this highly distinguished honour.

Brenda is the author of twenty-four books and made headlines in the Features section of the Newsday on November 7th, 2018.
Since that feature, she has published six more books making a total of twenty-four books to her name, two Anthologies for Saving Lives, received more awards and added more responsibilities to her portfolio in the field of Literature.
Here is Brenda’s updated biography:

Brenda Mohammed is a renowned, multi-genre, award-winning author, and poet from Trinidad in the Caribbean. She has written twenty-four books to date and published two Anthologies.
The former Bank Manager holds a Diploma in Banking from the Institute of Bankers in London.
Brenda also obtained a Diploma in Life Underwriting from the American College, USA and qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table, the Premier Association for Financial Professionals, six times in a row.
Brenda's writing career sparked after her near-death experience with Cancer and her recovery.
In 2013, she wrote the book, I AM CANCER FREE which became a best seller.
That gave her the encouragement to continue writing.
Some of her books won multiple awards as follows.
1. I am Cancer Free - Readers Favorite International Awards in category Health and Fitness 2018 and McGrath's first-place winner in Non-fiction 2016.
2. Zeeka Chronicles, Zeeka Chronicles 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.
3 August 2019 - Stories People Love was the winner of two gold medals in Connections EMagazine Readers' Choice Awards. It won first place in Romance Category and first place in all genres.
4. In the same contest How to Write for Success won a gold medal in the category Non- Fiction and a silver one for placing second [ after Stories People Love] in all genres.
5. My Life as a Banker - 2nd place Bio/memoirs in SIBA Awards.
Brenda is Founder of three Facebook Groups How to Write for Success, Poems for Suicide Prevention, and How to Write for Success Library.

Her work in Literature for Suicide Prevention is recognised worldwide. She was the driving force in the production of A SPARK OF HOPE: A Treasury of Poems for Saving Lives, Volumes I and II. Both volumes topped the charts on Amazon and made Best Seller No.1 within the space of a few days.
She is also working on an Anthology against Domestic Violence.

OTHER LITERARY HONOURS: Vice-Chancellor of Motivational Strips Academy of Literary Excellence and Wisdom on 5th November 2018.
Honorary Member of the World Higher Literary Academic Council of WORLD NATIONS WRITERS' UNION of Kazakhstan in October 2018.
World Laureate in Literature from World Nations Writers Union on 29th December 2018.
Global Literature Guardian Award from Motivational Strips and Associates, World Nations Writers' Union, and Union Hispanomundial de Escritores on 30th December 2018, renewed on 11th Feb 2020 for the years 2019-20 for continuing excellence in outstanding Literary Performance.
Certificate of Honour for serving as a juror in an International Poetry Contest sponsored by World Nations Writers Union on 31st December 2018.
Golden Dove Peace Award for her efforts in maintaining and spreading Global Peace awarded by Motivational Strips and its Nominating Authorities on 4th March 2019,
National President of the Union of Writers, Union Hispaniomundial de Escritos for Trinidad and Tobago in June 2019.
Regional Director - Operations - Motivational Strips.
World Poetic Star Award from World Nations Writers Union In August 2019.
Awarded by the Seychelles Government Accredited Literary Society [ LLSF] for her contribution to World Poetry, creativity, and writing expertise on 31st August 2019.
Order of Shakespeare Medal by Motivational Strips for selfless service imparted to keep the ambiance of world writers on a rightful and progressive path on October 16th, 2019.
Inducted into the Indie Author's Wall of Fame in January 2020.

"THE PEACOCK oPINION" Honour is the first order distinguished honour conferred by Motivational Strips. It falls under LEVEL 1 in terms of all honours summed up. Brenda received this honour on February 20th, 2020.
Honoured with a World Award of excellence 2019-2020 by Provincial Municipality of Urubamba, Republic Government of Peru. The certificate of honour was issued by Luis Alberto Valcarcel Villegas, Mayor of Urubamba. The world award of excellence 2019-2020 was conducted by the Government of Peru jointly with their Associates Motivational Strips, Worlds Most active writers’ online forum, World Nations Writers Union, Kazakhstan, and the Union Hispanomundial De Escritores, Peru on 21st February 2020.