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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Specialist Shoshana Johnson, author of I’m Still Standing

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ShoShana Johnson, author of I’m Still Standing: From Captive Soldier to Free Citizen – My Journey Home
(Touchstone Books / Simon & Schuster)

In the earliest days of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003, the world was shaken by reports of a deadly ambush on a U.S. Army convoy on its way to Baghdad. The 507th Maintenance Company, a combat service support unit, was brutally attacked by a well-armed mob of civilians. Eleven people were killed; Shoshana Johnson, an army cook, and four others were captured and held prisoner for 22 days.

I’m Still Standing: From Captive Soldier to Free Citizen – My Journey Home is Johnson’s extraordinary chronicle of her captivity, while providing a revealing eyewitness account of her experiences as a POW. It is a rare view of one of the key incidents of the war in Iraq. Told with candor and insight, I’m Still Standing is Johnson’s deeply personal account of how she survived.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write I’m Still Standing?

ShoShana Johnson: My family were big cheerleaders/advocates for me to write a Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Specialist Shoshana Johnson, author of I’m Still Standing →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Holly Spence, author of Convenant of Lies The Untold Truth

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Holly Spence, author of Convent of Lies the Untold Truth
(Monarch Publications, LLC )

Carl Richardson and Henry McFinley are second-generation childhood friends who married their high school sweet hearts and best friends Jessica Richardson and Stephanie McFinley. The couples have been practically inseparable for over twenty years, weathering many relational storms.

However, a riveting twist of lies and deceit not only threatens the covenant of marriage of both the McFinley and Richardson’s, but their children who have grown up like brother and sister who are maturing and attracted to one another. Follow the lives of these characters as their self-created web of lies unravels in Covenant of Lies The Untold Truth.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Covenant of Lies the Untold Truth?

Holly Spence: It was actually birthed after writing my stage play, “STOP! You Are Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Holly Spence, author of Convenant of Lies The Untold Truth →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Mimi Renee, author of Deadly Decisions

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Mimi Renee, author of Deadly Decisions
(Johnson Publications)

Mimi explores every day living in the life of a hustler. She expresses the known gang problem that has been televised and depicted in stories such as Boyz N Da Hood. This street tale told through the eyes of Keisha Cones is of dishonesty, fast living and the affects of gang banging informs as well as entertains.

Being from California Mimi, describes this gangster life so vividly in Deadly Decisions – the highs and the lows of hustling and the gang life.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Deadly Decisions?

Mimi Renee: After reading lots of books, I was inspired to write a tale that took Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Mimi Renee, author of Deadly Decisions →