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JoeyPinkney.com Book Review – “Archie’s Psalm” by Christopher D. Burns

JoeyPinkney.com Book Review
“Archie’s Psalm”
by Christopher D. Burns
5 of 5 Stars

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In a 1970s neighborhood, the tale of “Archie’s Psalm” by Christopher D. Burns unfolds.

This book tells a story set in North Memphis, but this story holds true for Black people in many communities across the United States. It tells the story of a group of people devastated by generation after generation of men leaving families broken because of their absence. The landscape of this North Memphis neighborhood is taking a pervasive turn for the worst with festering problems like the presence of gangs that are looking younger and younger recruits to peddle drugs, lack of city planning, single-mothers working more than one job and leaving children to raise themselves and the disrespect of elders by children who aren’t being taught any better. The community center steadily gives way to gang activity. Gun violence becomes a reality. Vietnam War veterans come home zombified from heroine use or in pine boxes for burial.

In all this, much of the book centers around the lives of two characters, Archie and his young protegé, Buck. Continue reading JoeyPinkney.com Book Review – “Archie’s Psalm” by Christopher D. Burns

5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Robert Chazz Chute, author of Six Seconds, The Unauthorized Guide to How To Build Your Business with the Vine App

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview
5 Minutes, 5 Questions With…
Robert Chazz Chute, author of Six Seconds, The Unauthorized Guide to How To Build Your Business with the Vine App
(Ex Parte Press)

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I’m obsessed with new social media platforms. Vine is a fun little video app that people can also use to promote their websites, books and businesses. “Six Seconds” is the little marketing book about how to do so successfully without being spammy.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Six Seconds, The Unauthorized Guide to How To Build Your Business with the Vine App”?

Robert Chazz Chute: I was in the middle of writing novels when the Vine app first came along. I have a lot of background in marketing and saw the potential of the app for users, businesses and good causes. I already had all the information I needed and the app was brand new. I set about writing the book in about a week. It’s about 20,000 words, so it’s the equivalent of a lot of blog posts on a favorite subject. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Robert Chazz Chute, author of Six Seconds, The Unauthorized Guide to How To Build Your Business with the Vine App

5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angela Kay Austin, author of Rumer

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview
5 Minutes, 5 Questions With…
Angela Kay Austin, author of Rumer
(Vanilla Heart Publishing)

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Rumer Wilson married the love of her life ten years ago, has two beautiful children, and has what she believes is a wonderful life to prove it. But, does anybody ever control love? Her world spirals into an unfamiliar place of uncertainty for everything she holds dear, when her husband falls in love with a woman hiding secrets.

Sebastian Ortiz has loved many women. Rumer is a means to an end. He doesn’t want to hurt her, but he needs her – for revenge on the man who hurt his sister – the sister he’s protected from harm his whole life.

Neither Rumer or Sebastian could imagine what comes next…

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

Angela Kay Austin: “Rumer” is a little different from my others because I’ve never written anything with a mother as my heroine. I interviewed my friends, watched some of my favorite movies, and read blogs and magazine articles as part of my research. I wanted the things this mother of two tackled to be dealt with as a mother would. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angela Kay Austin, author of Rumer