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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nicole Lyons, owner of Cole Muscle Cars

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Nicole Lyons, owner of Cole Muscle Cars

Nicole Lyons is fueled by the same horsepower that moves the cars she races. Although Lyons is only 5’6”, her exotic beauty, spirited personality and kinetic intensity make her seem larger than life.

However, it can still prove difficulty to describe this multi-faceted athlete while she carves a niche for herself as one of the world’s rarest African American female professional drag racers. Realizing her dream and becoming the first African American female to race professionally in the NHRA Pro Stock series.

Joey Pinkney: You are a central figure connecting the past to the future. As an African-American female that is proficient in the National Hot Rod Association, where does your love for racing come from? And what are you doing to pass your legacy on to future African-American racers, both male and female?

Nicole Lyons: My love of racing comes from my father famed Los Angeles street Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nicole Lyons, owner of Cole Muscle Cars →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Shana Burton, author of Flaws and All

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Shana Burton, author of Flaws and All
(Urban Christian/Kensington Publishing)

Faith, family and friendship have always been the cornerstone of the lives of lifelong friends Lawson, Sullivan, Kina and Angel. All three are put to the test during one turbulent year that forces them to challenge the bonds of their friendship, their willingness to forgive and their faith in God.

Lawson Kerry, a single mother since age 16, has finally gotten her life together until the return of her son’s father threatens everything she’s built, including her new job, her pending marriage and custody of her only child.

Sullivan Webb is the pampered First Lady of Mount Zion Ministries. Her wandering eye and lustful spirit could cost her more than she’s willing to pay.

Wife and mother Kina Battle has suffered in silence at the hands of her abusive husband. Will she reach her breaking point before the situation turns deadly?

Angel King has always been the perfect nurse, but she can maintain her professionalism when her newest patient is the woman who stole her husband?

For these ladies, all bets are off, nothing is sacred, and their lives will never be the same.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Flaw and All?

Shana Burton: It’s actually five different books that I started on and didn’t finish, Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Shana Burton, author of Flaws and All →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tylon L. Rodgers, author of Don Silk: The MACKnificient Playa

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Tylon L. Rodgers, author of Don Silk: The MACKnificient Playa
(Xlibris Corporation )

This book is about going through life and accepting the ups and downs in the path of life that you’ve chosen. Whether you like it, love it or hate it, life will deal you a certain deck of cards that will take you through certain types of events and situations.

It’s about going through the pain in life and actually knowing how great the gain is at the end of the road. It’s about coming to realize your purpose of living after the pain of death, or a near-death situation, or the pain of suffering and managing through your life, period, especially for black females.

Some of them having to raise little boys and girls by themselves using government aid and dealing with the streets and the niggas in the streets and their street stress attitudes. Therefore, they remain strong and aggressive in life and lifetime situations.

If it’s about going to get it, they go get it in an aggressive manner because they refuse to suffer anymore than they have to. That is what strong Black women do.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Don Silk?

Tylon L. Rodgers: The inspiration for Don Silk actually came from a situation in my Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tylon L. Rodgers, author of Don Silk: The MACKnificient Playa →