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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Eileen Clemens Granfors, author of The Pinata-Maker’s Daughter

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Eileen Clemens Granfors, author of The Pinata-Maker’s Daughter
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Scholarly Carmen Gracia Principia has big dreams for herself. She does NOT want to spend her life as only The Pinata-Maker’s Daughter. She enters the University unprepared for social, racial, and economic differences.

Having two men who find her enticing is wonderful and confusing. One is a Hispanic radical. One is a frat-rat. And her roommate is not what she expected.

Carmen jumps into every part of University life despite her mother’s warnings. She has to learn what works for her. Some lessons are harder than others.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “The Pinata-Maker’s Daughter”?

Eileen Clemens Granfors: “The Pinata-Maker’s Daughter” is part of The Marisol Trilogy. Reader response to Marisol’s story in “Some Rivers End on the Day of the Dead” inspired me to go back in time to look at her mentor’s college experience. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Eileen Clemens Granfors, author of The Pinata-Maker’s Daughter →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Sheila Raye Charles, author of Behind the Shades: Hope Beyond the Darkness

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Sheila Raye Charles, author of Behind the Shades: Hope Beyond the Darkness
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Let me begin with a telling quote from the book: “Now within sobriety, I felt I had created such a mess with my life that any love others held for me must surely be gone. Looking for love from someone, from anyone, I became convinced it no longer existed. How do you get over that?”

Although I was the daughter of renowned musician Ray Charles and surrounded by people, I was overwhelmed with loneliness. Those I should have been able to trust had failed me, and I also failed so many. Sometimes it seemed there was no hope beyond these shadows I could never seem to escape – shadows brought on not only by my own choices but also by the choices of those who’d lived before me.

This book tells the raw truth of my story…that despite the dark times – and even through them – there is indeed Hope!

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Behind the Shades: Hope Beyond the Darkness”?

Sheila Raye Charles: “Behind the Shades” has a very complex background! First, my father was Ray Charles, so his fame and schedule as a musician —not to mention his personal choices—made for a rocky childhood for me and a difficult life for my mother. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Sheila Raye Charles, author of Behind the Shades: Hope Beyond the Darkness →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Sa’Rese, author of Stripping Asjiah II: Blood Money

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Sa’Rese, author of Stripping Asjiah II: Blood Money
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“Stripping Asjiah II: Blood Money” is the sequel to Sa’Rese’s debut novel “Stripping Asjiah”. Part II picks up with the same fast paced action that Stripping Asjiah left off with.

In “Blood Money”, Asjiah comes into her own while trying to survive without her brother while still confronting demons of her past. “Blood Money” continues to touch on sensitive issues in the world like abortion, miscarriages, and the death of our youth. (Asjiah is pronounced Asia)

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Stripping Asjiah II: Blood Money”?

Sa’Rese: I actually didn’t need much inspiration to write “Stripping Asjiah II”. I knew there was going to be a sequel given the way I ended part I. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Sa’Rese, author of Stripping Asjiah II: Blood Money →