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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Deondriea Cantrice, author of Rhythm Can’t Keep Time

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JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview
5 Minutes, 5 Questions With…
Deondriea Cantrice, author of Rhythm Can’t Keep Time, Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough
(GSH Publishing)

(One of the first ten people to comment on Deondriea Cantrice’s author interview will win a FREE copy of Rhythm Can’t Keep Time.)

Can people really be two halves of the same whole? If so, Sterling and Sheridyn are a perfect fit. After experiencing one betrayal after another, Sterling puts his heart under lock and key. When beautiful Sheridyn enters his life, will he grants her access to the one place no one can enter? Or, will he be afraid of another disappointment?

When Sterling and Sheridyn’s worlds collide, will they be able to control the passion between them? Or will their harmonic rhythm, laced in humor and vicarious personas cause this seductive dance to burn up in flames?

Rhythm Can’t Keep Time, Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough is not a sappy love story or an unrealistic male-bashing narrative but explores love through an erotic lens.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Rhythm Can’t Keep Time, Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough?

Deondriea Cantrice: I’ve met people that have made life-altering decisions because of great sex. This book tells the story of a woman searching for love and a soul mate. It tells of the extreme measures she went through to find it, the pitfalls of not finding it and settling for less.

My intent was to write a book that would inspire, entertain and encourage people. I was surprised that men, women, old, young, white and black was able to relate to at least one aspect of the book.

JP: The cover for Rhythm Can’t Keep Time is one of the most enchanting I’ve seen in a long time. What is the significance of the book cover in relation to the relationship that builds between Sterling and Sheridyn?

DC: I chose the cover because it evokes emotion and raises curiosity. Why is he clutching the Bass? Is he passionate about music? Sorrowful? Grateful? Is he missing the cello-shaped hips of the one he loves? More importantly, the cover is symbolic of Sterling’s and Sheridyn’s perfect rhythm and the music they made.

JP: As an author, what did Rhythm Can’t Keep Time teach you about love that you didn’t see before embarking on its journey?

DC: I’ve learned as an author and from readers that most people enter relationships without knowing or clearly defining their expectations. Nor do they make their intentions known. Sterling’s and Sheridyn’s relationship lasted over 10 years without them ever discussing or defining their relationship.

I also discovered most people believe love is an adjective rather than a verb. Without trust, commitment, loyalty and truth, love is just a feeling rather than action. Hince the subtitle: Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough.

JP: As an author, what is your writing process? How long did it take for you to start and finish Rhythm Can’t Keep Time?

DC: My writing process would make my high school English teacher cringe. My writing style is to pour my thoughts onto paper without paying attention to grammar or punctuation.

At some point, I review what I penned and divide it into sections by subject or situation and write according to what I am feeling that day. For example, if I am happy I write a happy scene.

I have found that this abstract outline style of writing cures writer’s block. It took about 3 months to write Rhythm Can’t Keep Time, but the editing/publishing process took about 9 months.

JP: What’s next for Deondriea Cantrice?

DC: I am simultaneously writing two works of fiction entitled When Emotions Lie and Hellava. In my spare time, if there is such a thing, I am working on the screenplay for Rhythm Can’t Keep Time. I guess that’s why I’m accused of being an overachiever.

http://www.deondriea.com/
http://www.myspace.com/deondriea
http://www.facebook.com/deondriea

About Deondriea Cantrice:

I can also be found on most writing and social networks ie Book Tour, Authorden, Linkedin, iseecolor, etc., with the screen name Deondriea. I am the Colorado State Director of Protocol for Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowships.

I am recognized as an influential leader/learner by Regis University 2009, and I hold the pageant title of Ms. American Ambassador 2009. This proves “with discipline and direction accomplishment in attainable.”

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26 thoughts on “5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Deondriea Cantrice, author of Rhythm Can’t Keep Time”

  2. It sounds like a book that will take us in different directions as to what to expect from a relationship, as the interview goes it seems when you read this book you will actually see yourself and you may see or hear some of the same things you did or should have done in your relatinship I will put on my TBR list.

  3. Here is the list of people who are in the running for a FREE copy of Rhythm Can’t Keep Time by Deondriea Cantrice.

    1) Adrienna Turner
    2) Joyce
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    Leave a comment about your thoughts on the interview. One of the first ten people to comment will win a FREE copy of this book.

  4. As always great interview. I have not had the pleasure of reading her work but she is on my FB and I have had conversations with her.I love to chat with her. Her spirit is just so wonderful. I love the fact she states this not so sappy love story nor is it a man bashing book that in self has to be a feat. I lol at her writing process.

  6. Here is the list of people who are in the running for a FREE copy of Rhythm Can’t Keep Time by Deondriea Cantrice.

    1) Adrienna Turner
    2) Joyce
    3) SiStar Tea
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    Leave a comment about your thoughts on the interview. One of the first ten people to comment will win a FREE copy of this book.

  8. Here is the list of people who are in the running for a FREE copy of Rhythm Can’t Keep Time by Deondriea Cantrice.

    1) Adrienna Turner
    2) Joyce
    3) SiStar Tea
    4) Linda Chavis
    5) ???
    6) ???
    7) ???
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    Leave a comment about your thoughts on the interview. One of the first ten people to comment will win a FREE copy of this book.

  9. I totally loved the trailer; poetry is a favorite reading material of mine.

    I like the concept of the book. Right Ms. Cantrice is we often do’t address the essence of where we want to go with our relationships. People only know they don’t want to be alone, so they jump into something without the thought of tomorrow let alone five years down the road.

  10. Here is the list of people who are in the running for a FREE copy of Rhythm Can’t Keep Time by Deondriea Cantrice.

    1) Adrienna Turner
    2) Joyce
    3) SiStar Tea
    4) Linda Chavis
    5) Jennifer C.
    6) ???
    7) ???
    8) ???
    9) ???
    10) ???

    Leave a comment about your thoughts on the interview. One of the first ten people to comment will win a FREE copy of this book.

  11. The part of the interview that struck me was when the author mentioned her characters had been in an undefined relationship for 10 years!

    This is all too common along with the battle to get one person to acquiesce to another persons desires for years and years.

    Relationship stories are timeless, seems like it would be a good read.

  12. This interview was enlightening – my first time hearing about this author. It’s always good to find new and exciting authors to add to my “wish list” of to reads. Rhythm can’t keep time definately sounds like a must read. Wishing good things for Ms. Cantrice in the future.

  13. Here is the list of people who are in the running for a FREE copy of Rhythm Can’t Keep Time by Deondriea Cantrice.

    1) Adrienna Turner
    2) Joyce
    3) SiStar Tea
    4) Linda Chavis
    5) Jennifer C.
    6) Ande Richards
    7) Angela
    8) ???
    9) ???
    10) ???

    Leave a comment about your thoughts on the interview. One of the first ten people to comment will win a FREE copy of this book.

  15. Here is the list of people who are in the running for a FREE copy of Rhythm Can’t Keep Time by Deondriea Cantrice.

    1) Adrienna Turner
    2) Joyce
    3) SiStar Tea
    4) Linda Chavis
    5) Jennifer C.
    6) Ande Richards
    7) Angela
    8) iris celeste
    9) ???
    10) ???

    Leave a comment about your thoughts on the interview. One of the first ten people to comment will win a FREE copy of this book.

  16. One thing the author said that really struck me is women looking for love, not finding it, and then settling for less. That is a situation that is too real for many women and that’s hard lesson to learn. Sometimes being by yourself really IS better than having any old somebody there. I’d love to read this.

  17. Here is the list of people who are in the running for a FREE copy of Rhythm Can’t Keep Time by Deondriea Cantrice.

    1) Adrienna Turner
    2) Joyce
    3) SiStar Tea
    4) Linda Chavis
    5) Jennifer C.
    6) Ande Richards
    7) Angela
    8) iris celeste
    9) K.L. Brady
    10) ???

    Leave a comment about your thoughts on the interview. One of the first ten people to comment will win a FREE copy of this book.

  18. Sounds wonderful. I enjoy books that have love with a twist and an intriguing story line. It makes for as good read. I have to keep in mind what she said about her abstract way of writing and how it cures her writer’s block. Good tip for me. Of course I have to mention – thank you, Joey!!

  19. Here is the list of people who are in the running for a FREE copy of Rhythm Can’t Keep Time by Deondriea Cantrice.

    1) Adrienna Turner
    2) Joyce
    3) SiStar Tea
    4) Linda Chavis
    5) Jennifer C.
    6) Ande Richards
    7) Angela
    8) iris celeste
    9) K.L. Brady
    10) Angela Riley

    I will randomly pick a winner in shortly.

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