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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Rukyyah, author of Bywater’s Finest

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Rukyyah, author of Bywater’s Finest
(Erotic Ink Publishing)

Bywater’s Finest is a hood story about four friends who are ride or die for each other. As they take becoming wealthy into their own hands, Nay, Kia, Ladybug, and Missy, aka Bywater’s Finest, discovers that when you grow up in the hood, you have to work twice as hard to get things that you badly desire.

When it comes to money, these girls will do anything to make it happen. Beefing with other girls and dealing with haters are an everyday lifestyle in the hood, but Bywater’s Finest will not be stopped while they travel the road to riches. After working with KeKey, a local female hustler, they make big-time money.

They have flashy cars and the latest fashions. More importantly, they have hood creditably. Will these girls let betrayal, deception, money? Or men come between them? Or will their bond stay strong throughout it all?

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Bywater’s Finest?

Rukyyah: Bywater’s Finest is really close to my life story. Even though it’s fiction, it’s relatable to every girl from the hood. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Rukyyah, author of Bywater’s Finest →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Kendall Banks, author of Welfare Grind

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Kendall Banks, author of Welfare Grind
(Life Changing Books (LCB))

My book is about a cold-hearted woman named Keema who takes the world by storm as she navigates her way through every trick and scam she can pull off.

With four kids in tow, living off the welfare system has become her life – along with the extra cash, sex and violence her gangsta boyfriend Dupree brings her way.

Soon, chaos erupts, causing Keema’s secret past to become a problem. When the chips fall, they fall hard, leaving Keema willing to do whatever it takes to keep money in her pocket.  She’s willing to go that extra mile – even if it means selling her kids or setting up her man.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Welfare Grind?

Kendall Banks: I grew up in the hood and welfare fraud was incredibly big where I’m from. Everyone from the hustlers to the hustlers’ wives were on Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Kendall Banks, author of Welfare Grind →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Jeff Whelan, author of Space Orville

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Jeff Whelan, author of Space Orville
(Self-Published)

Space Orville, a young man of 16, is a new apprentice with Morphean Gaming Systems and has just moved into an Earth-orbiting apartment with his companion, NeutroFuzz, to test holographic video games.

As a result of a questionnaire he answered in the back of a magazine, Space Orville finds himself recruited by the Universal Protection Service to rescue a brilliant inventor who has been kidnapped by a group of diseased refugees seeking a cure for their malady.

Meanwhile, two agents from the OmniCosmic Alliance are in pursuit of a dangerously powerful and deranged scientist who has escaped from prison with a device that can alter reality and enslave every living mind. The two missions quickly collide, and Space Orville must find a way to work as a team while maintaining a hold on his newfound independence.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Space Orville?

Jeff Whelan: I took a lot inspiration from my love of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series by the brilliant Douglas Adams and from the often Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Jeff Whelan, author of Space Orville →