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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Heath Samples, author of Princess Diana – The Day She Didn’t Die, A Novel

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Heath Samples, author of Princess Diana- The Day She Didn’t Die A Novel
(Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd. London UK)

Have you ever wondered how Princess Diana’s life may have turned out had she survived the car crash that fateful August night? How would her life have affected ours, the people around us and those in power had she lived.

Princess Diana- The Day She Didn’t Die follows on from how Diana was living her life in a realistic and believable way. The book delivers an explosive and thrilling storyline. The car crash, what did she think just happened?

Diana’s relationship with Dodi is both relished and refuted. What would life look like if they had a child together? Was Diana’s car crash an attempt to kill her? What if something like that were to happen again? How could it happen – again?

The novel follows Diana’s life through the years to a point in time that terrified us all and changed the way we lived. Diana sees that day with us in a way that she can hardly believe – that day changed everything. So how will it change Diana?

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Princess Diana- The Day She Didn’t Die A Novel?

Heath Samples: I served in the Royal Air Force here in the UK, for “Queen and Country!”, and I have always been a great fan of the Royal Family. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Heath Samples, author of Princess Diana – The Day She Didn’t Die, A Novel →

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R.I.P Author Nate “Nati” Holmes, author of Can’t Knock The Hustle

You only have one life to live and a short time to live it….

I was trolling through Facebook groups when I came across the letters “R.I.P.” in front of an author’s name I worked with in Summer 2011: Nate “Nati” Holmes. I read somebody’s “Rememberence of his Lifetime Achievements” in a mild daze. Although I never met him in person, we communicated with each other here and there on Facebook and Twitter and through email.

After reading that article, I searched Google for his name to see what would come up. I was shocked to read about somebody that I’ve interacted with is now gone. Continue reading R.I.P Author Nate “Nati” Holmes, author of Can’t Knock The Hustle →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Omoruyi Uwuigiaren, author of The Adventures of Nihu

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Omoruyi Uwuigiaren, author of The Adventures of Nihu
(Human Change Communications)

This novel is a classic legend of a young hero’s magical journey through a fantasy world where he is tested with incredible challenges that can only stem from the soul of the author’s genuine African culture and vivid imagination.

Being falsely accused of a crime, Nihu, a tribal African boy, is banished to the Lonely Forest. In order to regain his freedom, he must find a way to defeat the unbeatable and front challenges that draw analogies to our own realities. Like The Lord of the Rings, this epic high fantasy novel carries the reader to another time and place.

Nihu gets sucked into a world inside of a stone, visits a powerful ruler in an underwater city, and befriends a group of refugees. Based on mythical and historic African traditions, Uwuigiaren’s magical twists to The Adventures of Nihu will not only allow an audience of all ages to escape their own realities, but draw them into a world of high hopes, powers, and unimaginable desires.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write The Adventures of Nihu?

Omoruyi Uwuigiaren: The inspiration was in many parts. First my childhood experience, which was vital to this work and my favorite trilogy – Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Omoruyi Uwuigiaren, author of The Adventures of Nihu →