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Natalie Banks is a best selling & award-winning author, including, Best Indie Book of 2024 and The North Carolina Governor's Writing Award. She weaves characters with relatable humanity and stories that touch the heart and soul. She is currently working on a suspense novel set to release in 2025. When not writing, she spends time on the beach in North Carolina with her husband and dogs.

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Natalie Banks I re-read what I have already written and try to go to that place where my characters are. Then the story starts flowing again.
Natalie Banks Write from the heart. Your first draft should always just pour out of you. Do not hold back on what you want to say. And don't think about anything bu…moreWrite from the heart. Your first draft should always just pour out of you. Do not hold back on what you want to say. And don't think about anything but your story. No one has to see that first draft but you. You can pretty it up after the story gets on paper.(less)
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The Messengers of Magic is more than a novel, it is a timeless romance, an epic love story that reminds us that love is the most powerful force in existence. It can bend the rules of time, defy the boundaries of science, and carry two souls across th ...more
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“I wasn't the golden girl any longer, but the golden band around my finger more than made up for it. -The Water is Wide”
Natalie Banks, The Water is Wide

“None of us on this Earth are promised a tomorrow. All we can do is learn to live and love in the place right where we are at. To appreciate the ones we love while they are here with us. And to live our lives to the fullest that we can. Because in the end, all we really have in this life to hold onto…are the moments between.”
Natalie Banks, The Moments Between

“Wherever I go after I leave this earth, know that I will be waiting for you there. -Thomas, The Water is Wide”
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“I wasn't the golden girl any longer, but the golden band around my finger more than made up for it. -The Water is Wide”
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“Wherever I go after I leave this earth, know that I will be waiting for you there. -Thomas, The Water is Wide”
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