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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angela Y. Hodge, author of Daybreak: Gaining Strength Through Our Pain

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Angela Y. Hodge, author of Daybreak: Gaining Strength Through Our Pain
(Amani Publishing, LLC)

My book is a collection of poetry that I have written based on my journey of life: a life full of rejection, misunderstandings, illnesses, and trials.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Daybreak: Gaining Strength Through Our Pain?

Angela Y. Hodge: I got my inspiration from God to write this book. One night, I was going through a trial, crying out to him, as I being to pray there Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Angela Y. Hodge, author of Daybreak: Gaining Strength Through Our Pain →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Felicia S.W. Thomas, author of 80 Proof Lives

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Felicia S.W. Thomas, author of 80 Proof Lives
(Amani Publishing, LLC)

A teenage girl, living in a small, southern town, is raised by an alcoholic, single mother. The mother forces the girl to clean house for the local madam and bootleg queen, Miss Lipstick, in order to pay off the mother’s beer tab.

While working for Miss Lipstick, the girl discovers why some people become alcoholics. She also discovers some life-changing things about herself that could either send her down to the path to alcoholism or to a great future.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write 80 Proof Lives?

Felicia S.W. Thomas: I got the inspiration from my own life and from others around me. 80 Proof Lives is a young adult novel set during the summer of Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Felicia S.W. Thomas, author of 80 Proof Lives →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Dellani Oakes, author of Lone Wolf

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Dellani Oakes, author of Lone Wolf
(Second Wind Publishing)

It’s 3032 and mankind has expanded into the universe. Guilds control much of the resources. Trimagnite is the most important of all. The Mining Guild has it. The Navigation Guild wants it.

Finding a huge source is important to John Riley, but not as important as making his father pay for abandoning him. Wil VanLipsig and Matilda Dulac don’t know Riley is Wil’s son. They see him as a crazed lunatic bent on mass murder and must chase him across the universe to stop him.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Lone Wolf?

Dellani Oakes: From a role-playing game called “Traveler” that’s set in a sci-fi setting. The three main characters of Marc, Wil and Matilda were Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Dellani Oakes, author of Lone Wolf →