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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Katrina Gurl, author of Kit Kat’s Coaching Guide (Learning to Protect your Marriage)

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Katrina Gurl, author of Kit Kat’s Coaching Guide (Learning to Protect your Marriage)
(Steamy Trails Publishing)

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There is no such thing as “THEE PERFECT” marriage or relationship. There is, however, such a thing as loving, giving and living the best way you know how to ensure protection for your marriage. Many times, people will protect their homes, cars, boats with expensive alarms and even potential sexual encounters.

We should also take the necessary precautions to protect our marriages too. The only way to ensure and protect our marriage is to first gain the knowledge of how to do so. This book gives you the basic tools to begin putting the work in.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Kit Kat’s Coaching Guide (Learning to Protect your Marriage)”?

Katrina Gurl: Inspiration for “Kit Kat’s Coaching Guide” came from my own marriage. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Katrina Gurl, author of Kit Kat’s Coaching Guide (Learning to Protect your Marriage) →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Ibitola Ojoye-Adebayo, author of Acceptance

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Ibitola Ojoye-Adebayo, author of Acceptance
(Completely Novel)

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“Acceptance” is about a young woman named Eva. She finds having some form of relationship with her mother utterly impossible. She struggles to know why her mother has never shown any ounce of love towards her.

Eva ends up falling in love a guy named Richard. Meeting him was like fulfilling her dreams. Meeting him and swimming in his undying love meant she would never stumble in the dark. If she got lost, he would be the light that lead her.

But all that soon changed, and her world started to fall apart…

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

Ibitola Ojoye-Adebayo: The inspiration came upon me when things were tough in my relationship . Having also just given birth to my first child, l thought the whole world had gotten into a tiny box with me and was squeezing me in. I just couldn’t breath. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Ibitola Ojoye-Adebayo, author of Acceptance →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… SJ Parkinson, author of The Legionnaire: Origins

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SJ Parkinson, author of The Legionnaire: Origins
(SJ Parkinson)

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When I wrote “The Legionnaire: Mask of the Pharaoh”, many readers wanted to know more about the shadowy past of Stephen Anderson. I had alluded to his time in the French Foreign Legion, and people wanted to know more.

“The Legionnaire: Origins” begins in a legion fort in Algeria and shows how he runs afoul of a nefarious scheme involving theft and murder. The resulting story highlights what happens when an ordinary man needs to distance himself from extraordinary events.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “The Legionnaire: Origins”?

SJ Parkinson: I visited Egypt in 2006 on vacation and got to see King Tut’s gold burial mask in person. It’s an amazing piece of history. Later, I read about the Gardner Museum theft. The two items coalesced into the backdrop for The Legionnaire trilogy. When I tried to develop a protagonist, I wanted him to have a military background. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… SJ Parkinson, author of The Legionnaire: Origins →