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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Shampriest Bevel, author of Today I Marry My Best Friend: Myself

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Shampriest Bevel, author of Today I Marry My Best Friend: Myself
(Pulse Publishing)

Today I Marry My Best Friend: Myself, focuses on single women living in a world with limited good men and unlimited drama. These women are tirelessly dating men in hopes of marriage. Each woman’s story has its own twisted journey, but the ending will be familiar to them all. The characters are all waiting for proposals of marriage which, after many wasted years, will never be heard. They are all in relationships with the type of men who prove not to be ready for marriage.

Talia Sands, who is the most ready for marriage, is left broken-hearted after five years by a man who she accidentally learns is having an affair with the neighborhood trick. This becomes a turning point for Talia. Talia decides not to allow a nugatory man destroy her dreams of marriage. She decides to marry herself as a symbol of self-commitment and self-love.

Today I Marry My Best Friend: Myself tells the story of how a woman can stop tirelessly and painfully waiting for a man to ask for her hand in marriage. Talia takes control of her life by getting her middle finger sized, purchasing her own wedding ring and marrying herself.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Today I Marry My Best Friend: Myself?

Shampriest Bevel: I have been a part of one too many pity parties. I would get together with my girlfriends to talk about one thing and then the Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Shampriest Bevel, author of Today I Marry My Best Friend: Myself →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Dr. Taffy Wagner, author of Bride and Groom Money Talk FAQ

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Dr. Taffy Wagner, author of Bride and Groom Money Talk FAQ
(Money Talk Matters, LLC)

Joint or separate accounts? Who should manage marital money? What happens if one spouse brings debt into the marriage? Should a bride-to-be pay her fiancé’s bills?

These questions and over 70 more are answered in Bride and Groom Money Talk FAQ, thereby providing brides and grooms with guidance on the importance of beginning this conversation, what to ask and how to address money during their engagement. Engaged couples will also learn how to handle parents, in-laws, self-employment and even budgeting.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Bride and Groom Money Talk FAQ?

Dr. Taffy Wagner: A few years ago, I created an audio program for engaged couples that taught them about money and marriage, yet it seem as if it was Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Dr. Taffy Wagner, author of Bride and Groom Money Talk FAQ →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Bill Campbell, author of Koontown Killing Kaper

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Bill Campbell, author of Koontown Killing Kaper
(Independent)

All the rappers in Koontown are being killed, and rumor has it that it’s vampire crack-babies doing the killing. Desperate the police reach out to Genevieve “Jon Vee” Noire, ex-super model/ex-homicide detective/private detective.

Together with her former partner, Genevieve must navigate the dangerous world of gangsta rappers, shady record executives, corrupt cops and politicians, ’80s pimps, welfare queens, secret sistah societies, Ubernoggin, and the National Guard.

Can the ex-super-model survive the chaos and insanity to save her beloved Koontown while it explodes all around her?

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Koontown Killing Kaper?

Bill Campbell: I guess, in an odd way, the birth of my daughter. Like so many people, I was just going along living my life, thinking that a lot of the Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Bill Campbell, author of Koontown Killing Kaper →