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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Charles Weinblatt, author of Jacob’s Courage

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Charles Weinblatt, author of Jacob’s Courage
(Mazo Publishers)

Jacob’s Courage chronicles the dazzling beauty of passionate love and enduring bravery in a lurid world where the innocent are brutally murdered. This is a tender coming of age story of two young adults living in Salzburg at the time when the Nazi war machine enters Austria.

The historical novel presents scenes and situations of Jews in ghettos and concentration camps, with particular attention to Theresienstadt and Auschwitz. Follow lovers Jacob and Rachael from their comfortable Salzburg homes to a decrepit ghetto, from there to a prison camp where they became man and wife.

Revel in their excitement as they escape and join the local partisans, fighting their Nazi tormentors. Finally ride the crowded, fetid train to the terror of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Stung by the death of loved-ones, enslaved and starved, they have nothing to count on but faith, love and courage.

From desperate despair, to unforgettable moments of chaste beauty, Jacob’s Courage examines a constellation of emotions during a time of incomprehensible brutality.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Jacob’s Courage?

Charles Weinblatt: I’ve always had an interest in the Holocaust. As a child, I was the recipient of some verbal and physical anti-Semitism. By the time I reached Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Charles Weinblatt, author of Jacob’s Courage →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Frank Fiore, author of Cyberkill

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Frank Fiore, author of Cyberkill
(TrapDoor Books)

A brilliant programmer, Travis Cole, inadvertently creates “Dorian,” an artificial intelligence that lives on the Internet. After Cole attempts to terminate his creation, Dorian stalks his young daughter through cyberspace in an attempt to reach Cole to seek revenge even if he has to destroy all of humanity to do it.

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

Frank Fiore: Many years ago I read an article in Time magazine about a young Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Frank Fiore, author of Cyberkill →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… LaShanda Michelle, author of Sweeter Than The Honey

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LaShanda Michelle, author of Sweeter Than The Honey
(L. M. Ink)

Kamilah Wright has a lot on her shoulders for someone entering their senior year of high school. Not only does her mom expect her to raise the other seven children in their home, but she’s also required to turn a blind eye to her father’s infidelity, as well as maintain a perfect 4.0 GPA in order to get the academic scholarship she desperately needs to attend college.

To complicate matters even more, she’s also a rape victim. The only person she’s told is her best friend, Eric, whom she’s secretly in love with. Through all of this, Kamilah convinces herself that she has everything under control.

That is until she meets Summer Freeman. The beautiful new girl at school, Summer introduces Kamilah to a lifestyle that she’s never known, including fashion, luxury, and alternative viewpoints that conflict with her Christian upbringing.

Pretty soon the love she has for her new friend evolves into something more, and Kamilah has to prove which love she will devote herself to. Will she stay in the same sex relationship that feels so right, or will she embrace the faith she didn’t know meant so much to her?

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Sweeter Than The Honey?

LaShanda Michelle: Sweeter Than The Honey is actually a dream that I had. When Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… LaShanda Michelle, author of Sweeter Than The Honey →