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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Ruby S. Garnett, author of Soul Sacrifice: One Story of Many

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Ruby S. Garnett, author of Soul Sacrifice: One Story of Many
(AuthorHouse)

“Soul Sacrifice” is a shockingly true account of part of my adolescence and early adulthood living as as a Muslim woman and one of the wives of Malachi York, leader of what is now called The Nuwabian Nation – one of the nations largest cults. He was given one of the stiffest penalties for child sexual abuse in history.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Soul Sacrifice: One Story of Many”?

Ruby S. Garnett: I began writing “Soul Sacrifice” for therapeutic reasons until I continued to hear how the victims were being called liars and were Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Ruby S. Garnett, author of Soul Sacrifice: One Story of Many →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tasha Macklin, author of Baller Dreams

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Tasha Macklin, author of Baller Dreams
(Wahida Clark Presents)

“Baller Dreams” is about needing a dream to become reality so bad that it becomes an obsession. Being obsessed about something can be a blessing and a curse.

The blessing comes with having the heart and mind to work hard to make the dream come true and being rewarded for the fruits of your hustle. The curse comes in when the trappings of the dream is your only focus and you lose your sense of who you are and you forget about people and being careful, and you forget that karma visits everybody at least once a year.

“Baller Dreams” is about proclaiming you’re invincible when you’re only just flesh and blood.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Baller Dreams”?

Tasha Macklin: From loving so deeply, and struggling to create dreams that I want to become real, and from simply living life—the good and the Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tasha Macklin, author of Baller Dreams →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Jonathan Copeland, author of Hustle: Street Power

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Jonathan Copeland, author of “Hustle: Street Power”
(Strategic Books Publishing)

This is a coming of age story that is about a young man named Nice. The memory of his father continues to stress the importance of pursuing his education even though his father was doing business in the streets.

After tragedy strikes again, Nice decides that his life needs to move beyond its dull pace. He takes matters into his own hands by starting up his own business. Nice begins to attract a lot of attention as it grows. Now he must decide who his true friends are as he moves forward.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Hustle: Street Power“?

Jonathan Copeland: The inspiration for “Hustle: Street Power” came from God and my wife being pregnant with my now two-year-old son. I asked God Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Jonathan Copeland, author of Hustle: Street Power →