World On My Shoulders

By Joylynn Jossel

Through the gift of written word you are invited into a sundry universe. World On My Shoulders is the beginning pages to a clandestine diary. Shared with you are many pieces of this best selling author's zealous soul.

This vast selection of poetry is diverse in every sense of the word. You can indulge in everything from spiritual (The Day Will Come)to the common broken heart (Overnight). Feed your mind a sassy sultry sidedish (Feast For Two) and a spoonful of righteousness (The Advantage).
World On My Shoulders is a passionate journey, where as each poem becomes a reflection of your own thoughts. Allow yourself to be awakened by true consciousness. You too will be able to stake claim on the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joylynn Jossel
• Release date: May 2, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466143876

Joylynn Jossel

Joylynn M. Jossel is a former secular author who now writes under the name BLESSEDselling Author, E. N. Joy. She is the writer behind the five book series, “New Day Divas,” coined the “Soap Opera In Print.” Formerly writing secular works under the names Joylynn M. Jossel and JOY, this award winning author has been sharing her literary expertise on conference panels in her home town of Columbus, Ohio as well as cities across the country.After thirteen years of being a paralegal in the insurance industry, Joy finally divorced her career and married her mistress and her passion; writing. In 2000, Joy formed her own publishing company, END OF THE RAINBOW projects, where she published her own works until landing a book deal with a major publisher. Under End of the Rainbow, Joy has published New York Times and Essence Magazine Bestselling authors in the “Sinner Series,” which include Even Sinners Have Souls, Even Sinners Have Souls TOO and Even Sinners Still Have Souls.In 2004, Joy branched off into the business of literary consulting where she provides one-on-one consultations and literary services such as ghost writing, editing, professional read-throughs, write behinds, etc... Her clients consist of first time authors, Essence Magazine bestselling authors, New York Times bestselling authors, and entertainers.Not forsaking her love of poetry in which she has published two works of poetry titled Please Tell Me If the Grass is Greener and World On My Shoulders, Joy plans to turn her focus back to the genre one day. “But my spirit has moved in another direction,” Joy says. Needless to say, she no longer pens street lit (in which two of her titles, If I Ruled the World and Dollar Bill, made the Essence Magazine bestsellers list. Dollar Bill appeared in Newsweek and has also been translated to Japanese). She no longer pens erotica or adult contemporary fiction either, in which one of her titles earned her the Borders bestselling African American romance award at the Romance Writers of America National Conference. Instead, under the name E.N. Joy, she pens Christian fiction, and under the name N. Joy she pens children’s and young adult titles. Joy’s children’s story, The Secret Olivia Told Me, received the American Library Association Coretta Scott King Honor. Book club rights were acquired by Scholastic Books and the book is on tour at Scholastic Book Fairs in schools across the country. Elementary and middle school children have fallen in love with reading and creative writing as a result of the readings and workshops Joy performs in schools nationwide.Currently, Joy is the acquisition editor for Urban Christian, an imprint of Urban Books in which the titles are distributed by Kensington Publishing Corporation out of New York. When she’s not adding her two cents to other authors’ works, she’s diligently working on her own. Joy’s latest projects, the “New Day Divas,” "Still Divas" and "Always Divas" series, are taking the literary world by storm.Joy is certain her Divas series is the one that is going to afford her with the title of New York Times Bestselling Author. Until then, she doesn’t mind the title of BLESSEDselling author.

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World On My Shoulders

Diary of Poems

By

Joylynn M. Jossel

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2000 by END OF THE RAINBOW projects

Published by:

End of the Rainbow Projects

Post Office Box 298238

Columbus, OH 43229

614-806-6204

www.JoylynnJossel.com

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Photographs by Darett Barber

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Web Site designed by Herb Baldwin

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I once asked God for the world. It was placed upon my shoulders. I suppose that means it is mine. - Joylynn M. Jossel

Dedicated to my world which consist solely of

The Creator (who is, in fact, the true author and I being merely the co-author chosen to take credit for his work…Thank you, Jehovah, for using me), My Man (who is responsible for at least 38% of my diary LOL), my two beautiful children (who’s breath I breathe), my entire family (Dad and Uncle-thanks for putting it down for me in the ATL; Wan and Yan…. thanks for rollin’ on the book signing tours…I owe y’all a platinum tooth) and a handful of genuine supportive friends (Ang- for when asked who your favorite author is, without hesitation…, Kevin-The Don of the entourage when we rollin through the Big D and Steph-thank you for being nosey and stumbling into my pool of thoughts and then bugging me into compiling them for you, which ultimately lead to this piece…your genuine love of my work is priceless)

Special thanks to Nancy, Marlon, Trini and other members of my cyber family (The Black

Writers Alliance)

Earth, for jumping into those rentals and planes when the touring became more work than fun

And to all the other inspiring forces in my life (Aunt Denise, you know you are one of them).

Rinard: Keep telling them about me in CA

Ga-Ga: Although I never quite made it to law school (yet) I hope I’m making you proud.

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