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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Jon Dambacher, author of Sour Candies

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Jon Dambacher, author of Sour Candies
(The Trashy Novel Corp.)

Whether it’s the bedridden woman with a negative body image, the over-sexed little league baseball dad, or the two young professionals away on business who’re starved for companionship…the characters in Sour Candies are all prisoners of a suburban cul-de-sac trapped in their own cages. Every page is ripped from each of their secret journals.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Sour Candies?

Jon Dambacher: I haven’t read any books that embrace “my people.” Especially the things that go on between people, the unstated, less than Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Jon Dambacher, author of Sour Candies →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Eyone Williams, author of Fast Lane

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Eyone Williams, author of Fast Lane
(Fast Lane Entertainment)

The streets of Washington, D.C., are at their most violent in years. From 5th and Rittenhouse to M.L.K. Avenue, roll with Mann, his little brother Lando, and their crew of uptown soldiers as they take no prisoners in the Fast Lane.

As the drug epidemic rages out of control in the Nation’s Capital, Mann, a young, handsome hustler, makes his mark in the D.C. streets with nothing but money on his mind. In a game with no rules, anybody can get it and no one is off-limits when it comes to stacking paper.

To rise to the top, Mann must play his cards right and surround himself with those loyal to him. However, who can be trusted when everybody is trying to get paid by any means? Sex, money, drugs, murder, and mayhem … The drama never ends in the Fast Lane.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Fast Lane?

Eyone Williams: The inspiration to write Fast Lane came from growing up in the D.C. streets. I saw a lot at a young age, and I began to put my ideas Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Eyone Williams, author of Fast Lane →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Boyd Lemon, author of Digging Deep: A Writer Uncovers His Marriages

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Boyd Lemon, author of Digging Deep: A Writer Uncovers His Marriages
(Outskirts Press)

Digging Deep is a memoir about Boyd Lemon’s role in the destruction of his three marriages. This is a journey to understand one man’s role in marriages that ended in divorce, confusion, bitterness and blame.

The Pearl in the Oyster has been the journey of the writing, for the writer himself, and the peace that writing has brought him. Lemon lived on the cusp of the moralistic generation that grew up in the 1940s and 50s and the next generation that embraced sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, as well as equality and independence for women. The transition rocked all pretenses of his working class upbringing.

The writer’s hope is that revealing the path of his own struggle to clarity and peace leads others to their own awakening, as so many modern couples and individuals deal with understanding and defining the new order in relationships, as well as facing their own past.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Digging Deep: A Writer Uncovers His Marriages?

Boyd Lemon: I had finished 15 or so short stories, and I yearned to write a novel. My writing mentor advised me that she didn’t think I was ready to write Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Boyd Lemon, author of Digging Deep: A Writer Uncovers His Marriages →