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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Saidah Brown, author of Watered Down Wisdom: Memoirs of My Life Lessons

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Saidah Brown, author of Watered Down Wisdom: Memoirs of My Life Lessons
(Salaam Publications)

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Tish is a soft-hearted, non-confrontational young lady that looks for love in every man she comes in contact with. Her story will take the women readers on an emotional rollercoaster as well as take the men on self-examining journey.

A total page turner and a testimony to all the women who have loved and lost, or been a fool. For all the girls who fill alone about mistakes they’ve made, this book is for you.

“We spend do much time trying to force a happy home, instead of cultivating the one we have”
– Saidah Brown

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Watered Down Wisdom”?

Saidah Brown: I was instructing a class in Philadelphia’s Welfare to Work Program. I worked there as a Life Skills Instructor.

After one of my many motivational classes, a student walked up to me and said, “Ms. Brown, you are so wise.”

I laughed a little and said to her, “My wisdom is a little watered down, Love. I’m not smarter than you – just made more mistakes than you, LOL”

I left that day thinking, “I’m gonna write a book about watered down wisdom!” Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Saidah Brown, author of Watered Down Wisdom: Memoirs of My Life Lessons →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Alysia Stern, author of Good Friends Are Hard To Find

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Alysia Stern, author of Good Friends Are Hard To Find
(Desantis Stern Lehry Publishing)

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After a night out in Starry City, Vincent and his friends discover that being selfish and saying mean things can hurt. But in the end, they learn the true meaning of friendship.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Good Friends Are Hard To Find”?

Alysia Stern: Vincent Van Mouse was originally created back in the late 1990’s. When his creator, Anthony J. Desantis called me a few years ago to continue the series with my writing and his artwork, I humbly agreed. Constance Lehry and I had already created our own character line which included Maison, Maggi and Spencer. Their stories are geared for a younger generation. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Alysia Stern, author of Good Friends Are Hard To Find →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Elizabeth Dunk, author of Arranged to Love

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Elizabeth Dunk, author of Arranged to Love
(Escape Publishing)

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Madhuri ‘Maddie’ Singh has always believed in both her Indian heritage and her talents as a journalist. Australian-raised, she still sees an arranged marriage as her future.

But then her past rears it’s incredibly attractive head in the form of Jack Faulkner at the very moment her parents find her the perfect prospective husband. Maddie believes it a simple clash of culture versus passion, but there’s more to the story and it will threaten everything she holds dear.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Arranged to Love?

Elizabeth Dunk: I worked as a journalist, so I always wanted to write a story about two journalists. My first job was at the newspaper in Nowra, so it became the fictionalised setting of “Arranged to Love”. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Elizabeth Dunk, author of Arranged to Love →