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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Ben, author of Up The Way

Posted on December 28th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com, street lit, urban fiction, urban lit

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Ben, author of Up The Way (DC Bookdiva Publications) (Three of the first ten people to comment on Ben’s author interview will win a FREE copy of Up The Way from JoeyPinkney.com) Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Up The Way? [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Maggbeatz, Bosses That Meet Bosses Group

Posted on December 26th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, hip hop

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Maggbeatz AKA Maggmuzik (Bosses That Meet Bosses Group) Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the name Maggbeatz? What does it mean? Maggbeatz: I was searching through the dictionary one day trying to find a beat name that would fit me. I came across the word Magnum Opus [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Zoe and Yusuf T. Woods, authors of the Blood of My Brothers series

Posted on December 19th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com, interview

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Zoe and Yusuf T. Woods, author of the Blood of My Brother series (Man Up Publications) (One of the first ten people to comment on Zoe and Yusuf Woods’ author interview will win a FREE copy of Blood of My Brother, Pts. I, II and III from [...]

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The UPrinting.com 100 Postcard Giveaway on JoeyPinkney.com

Posted on December 18th, 2009 in free, giveaway

What better way to start 2010 than with free? JoeyPinkney.com is hosting a “UPrinting.com 100 Postcard Giveaway” from now until the end of the year. All you have to do is leave a comment stating how you would use a free set of 100 postcards. A winner will be chosen and emailed a coupon code [...]

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Congratulations Iris Celeste! She won a copy of Rhonda McKnight’s debut Secrets and Lies

Posted on December 16th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com, contest winner, giveaway, interview

How did she win? She was one of the first ten people to comment on “5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Rhonda McKnight, author of Secrets and Lies”. Iris’ name was randomly drawn for the book giveaway hosted by JoeyPinkney.com’s Joey Pinkney and RhondaMcKnight.net’s Rhonda McKnight. Do you want to know be the first to know [...]

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Book Review: Scattered Lies by Madison

Posted on December 13th, 2009 in african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com, book review, book reviews, love, money power respect, sex, street lit, urban fiction, urban lit, violence

Scattered Lies by Madison (Influential Writers Publishing) 3.5 out of 5 Stars Scattered Lies, the debut novel from Madison, gives the reader everything that makes Urban Fiction delicious. On the surface, this novel is full of high-priced cars, upscale backdrops and inner-city squalor. The entertainment factor is high, but the psychology of and interaction between [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Sherrell Straker-Valdezloqui, author of The Hurting Women

Posted on December 12th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Sherrell Straker-Valdezloqui, author of The Hurting Women (Asta Publications) Trice, Sharon and Tracy friends, since high school, imagined their future with a great career, money, a car, a home and a Prince Charming to share it with. It was a dreamlife they couldn’t wait to have. That [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Rose Jackson-Beavers and Edward Booker, authors of A Hole in My Heart and Caught in the Net of Deception

Posted on December 11th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com, interview

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Rose Jackson-Beavers and Edward Booker, authors of A Hole in My Heart and Caught in the Net of Deception (Prioritybooks Publications) (One of the first ten people to comment on Rose Jackson-Beavers’ and Edward Booker’s author interview will win a FREE copy of A Hole in the [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Mark Curry, author of Dancing with the Devil

Posted on December 09th, 2009 in 5 minutes 5 questions with, african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, amazon.com, book review, book reviews, hip hop, interview

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Mark Curry, author of Dancing With The Devil: How Puff Burned the Bad Boys of Hip-Hop (New Mark Books) (One of the first ten people to comment on Mark Curry’s author interview will win a FREE copy of Dancing with the Devil from JoeyPinkney.com) He has recorded [...]

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Joey Pinkney is featured in Urban Book Source’s interview which focuses on book reviewers

Posted on December 09th, 2009 in african american author, african american authors, african american book, african american books, book review, book reviews, interview

Joey Pinkney answered key questions along with Kisha Green, Delonya Conyers, The Pathfinder, and Push Nevahda. The questions centered upon book reviewers and their take on what makes a good book, paying for book reviews and other literary issues. Here is the link: http://www.theurbanbooksource.com/features/reviewbasics-I.php Please click on the banners to learn more about each JoeyPinkney.com [...]