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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Kathleen Smith, author of Marriages and Miscarriages: One Woman’s Personal Experience

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Kathleen Smith, author of Marriages & Miscarriages: One Woman’s Personal Experience
(Self-Published)

My book is about how I got through my three miscarriages, how I used them to make my marriage stronger and how I used them to strengthen my relationship with God. It’s my own personal story, and it’s like sitting down and having a conversation with me.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Marriages & Miscarriages: One Woman’s Personal Experience?

Kathleen Smith: I had been wanting to write my book for a couple of years after my third miscarriage but felt like it wasn’t something I could do on my Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Kathleen Smith, author of Marriages and Miscarriages: One Woman’s Personal Experience →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Karen E. Dabney, author of The Magic Pencil

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Karen E.Dabney, author of The Magic Pencil
(Dabs and Company)

The Magic Pencil is about two extraordinary young people who become fast friends. One of them is Malcolm, the narrator. The recounts the events that took place four years ago to his older brother and a friend. He tells the story as if he is back in time.

Exciting and fantastic events occur, seeming to do with his new friend, Nia, and a scruffy, used pencil. Nia challenges Malc in many ways, and he discovers new abilities and sides to himself. We join him in his quest to find the truth to the power of the pencil.
And, like him, we just may learn a lot about ourselves.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write The Magic Pencil?

Karen E.Dabney: I was inspired to write The Magic Pencil while teaching children and noticing how important pencils were to them. I reflected on how Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Karen E. Dabney, author of The Magic Pencil →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Dawn Jasper, author of Beautiful Disasters

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Dawn Jasper, author of Beautiful Disasters
(Pink Kiss Publishing)

Everything that glitters is not gold, and every beautiful face has a story to tell…

A product of rape, a motherless child, a woman full of hate… All she needs is a purpose.

All Anika Connors ever wanted was to have things her way, by any means necessary. She was, in her mind, deserving of it after all the hardship she had experienced in her life. The more people upset her, the more she wanted them to pay. From the lover who did her wrong to the men that brought disgrace to her family, she planned to get them back.

But in the end, is it all worth it? Does her path of destruction threaten her future… Or will she do what she always does, destroy anyone who gets in her way?

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Beautiful Disasters?

Dawn Jasper: I initially starting writing about a stalker situation that happened to me, but the words just wouldn’t come out on paper like I Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Dawn Jasper, author of Beautiful Disasters →