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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Shakara Cannon, author of This Can’t Be Life

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Shakara Cannon, author of This Can’t Be Life
(Infinite Source Publishing)

This Can’t Be Life is about Simone Johnson. Her repressed memories resurface through a year-long recurring dream unveiling secrets that turn her world upside down. When it seems that her life is in a downward spiral, she meets the man of her dreams and falls in love for the first time.

With her 2 best friends by her side – Talise, the romantic, who dreams of a marriage just like her parents, and Stacey, the brother, the shoulder, and the comic relief – and the love of her life in her corner, life is better than it has ever been.

Tragedy strikes, and she finds that man she’s given her heart to isn’t who she thought he was. Simone falls into an abyss of darkness that she has may not find her way out of.

It’s a very deep novel. It will make you laugh, cry and get angry, but I guarantee that you will keep turning the page.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write This Can’t Be Life?

Shakara Cannon: I was inspired to write This Can’t Be Life because, as an adult, I began having a recurring nightmare that lead to the realization that I Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Shakara Cannon, author of This Can’t Be Life →

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Congratulations, Trudy M. Lear! She won a free copy of Dealt the Wrong Hand by Queen BG from JoeyPinkney.com

How did she win? She was one of the first five people to comment on 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Queen BG, author of Dealt the Wrong Hand. Continue reading Congratulations, Trudy M. Lear! She won a free copy of Dealt the Wrong Hand by Queen BG from JoeyPinkney.com →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Deborah Fletcher Mello, author of Rested Waters

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Deborah Fletcher Mello, author of Rested Waters
(MacGregor Press)

Rested Waters is the haunting story of Janay Tucker, a young woman who is forced to reflect back on her past and the memories of her tumultuous childhood when she receives notice of her incarcerated father’s death.

Rehashing history through the eyes of her paternal grandfather, James Tucker, Janay is made to flash back to a past with an abusive mother who dies a violent death, a father imprisoned for the crime and the family and friends left to help rebuild her future. Through a tapestry of human encounters, Rested Waters delves into the emotions and experiences of love and turmoil, racism and respect, flesh and spirit.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Rested Waters?

Deborah Fletcher Mello: Many, many, many years ago this story unfolded within the depths of a very dark and haunting dream. I’d been to church Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Deborah Fletcher Mello, author of Rested Waters →