Queenâ™”Unique "A Mile In My Heels"

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K.L. Shanks grew up in Fort Myers, Florida, where it really wasn't hip" to be artsy and different. While the children in her neighborhood wanted to play house, sports and to dance...Katrina wanted to play school, write and read. This soon made her an outcast to the other kids and her social involvement decreased. Eventually Katrina conformed to her friends and neighbors beliefs and suppressed this true gift that was granted to her by the Creator.After experiencing many of life's ups and downs Katrina secretly continued to use poetry as her private outlet and as a result, her talent continued to flourish. In late 2005 (as corny as it may sound) Katrina had hit rock bottom and resorted to a simple prayer over a fortune cookie. Her faith in God and herself had been tarnished to a point where she believed in only what was tangible. She asked the Lord to make the paper in that cookie deliver any message that she may not be hearing from Him because her senses had been impaired by worldly things. When she opened that cookie, it read, "Go Confidently in the Direction of Your Dreams." This simple epiphany helped her to emerge from her shell, restore her faith into the “Invisible to do the Impossible” and finally release her passion to the masses. Public reaction has since agreed and Queen Unique has published her first book of poetry, thoughts and everything in between "A Mile in My Heels...A Compilation of Wordplay", written articles for magazines, read at poetry venues and is currently recording her debut spoken word C.D. trilogy (three parts: heart, body and soul) “QueenSpeaks”. Katrina has been writing since the age of nine and her key weapons are the power of her voice, her unabashed honesty, confidence, style and uninhibited viewpoint.Along with her partner, Mr. 239, Queen Unique is also the owner/event coordinator of Acoustic Affairs, the first soul and poetry venue in Fort Myers. This event is held downtown Fort Myers every Thursday night at 9 pm featuring spoken word poetry, soul, neo-soul, R&B, live insturments and so much more! For more info, please visit myspace.com/acousticaffairsaudiopage!
Ms. Shanks is active with the N.A.A.C.P., a member of the National Black Writers and Artist Association, Edit Red, BlogHer, Black on Black Rhyme, The Black Poetry Café, and plays a role in many other companies and coalitions including her own fashion design and stylist company “Her Highness Images”, her freelance writing company “Queens Pen” and also in the process of implementing a book club “Erudite Aphrodite”. She is a single mother of two girls whom she takes pride in being their role model and is also a student working towards her degree in Graphic Design. Katrina can compose a diverse array of original pieces ranging from love, sex, heritage, black history, religion, politics or life itself...there is no limit to her subject matter. You can find more of her work at blogher.com, for review at soundclick.com, isound.com, vocalizedink.org and myspace.com. Her book is available at amazon.com, booksamillion.com, barnesandnoble.com, sell.com, ebay.com and pubishamerica.com. Her trilogy CD "Queen Speaks: Spirit, Heart and Body" is coming soon so please stay tuned for more.What Queen Unique does is in a genre of its’ own. It can't be classified as poetry, hip hop, spoken word, rap, prose or R&B. It bridges the gap between all of these into that perfect equilibrium. Her Christianity dashes a hint of gospel into her tone, her heritage lays down a hint of soul and jazz, heartache and love brings the flavor of R&B and her beauty, maturity and sexuality are undeniable. All of these components combined make her into true royalty. This is QUEEN UNIQUE.
"A Mile In My Heels, A Personal Compilation of WordPlay" is more than poetry. It is part one of an unabashed no holds barred collection of poems, thoughts, life trials and emotions. Words are the speakers of our souls and this book is a mirror to the emotion's of a woman who is free from the shackles of fear, doubt, shame and regret. Soon to be followed by her debut fiction novel which is three years in the making as well as her spoken word audio trilogy "QueenSpeaks". But please remember this is only the beginning. Feel free to read excerpts from her work in the blog and visit her music page and Published Author page by clicking below:
myspace.com/queenspeaksword
publishedauthors.net/queenunique