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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nati Holmes, author of Can’t Knock The Hustle

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Nati Holmes, author of Can’t Knock The Hustle
(Augustus Publishing)

Luther Del Vega, AKA Lu, takes you on a journey reliving his childhood and the events that lead up to his own fate as he sits dying from a gunshot wound. While the reader knows the demise of the lead character from the inception of the book, it doesn’t stop you from pulling for him at every turn.

From a tumultuous childhood where he is abandoned by his drug addicted mother and forced to fend for himself and his siblings to his reunion with his mother later in his childhood to his induction into a life of crime and going in and out of prison Can’t Knock The Hustle is a true page-turner.

While in prison, Lu is transformed from learning about his African heritage and culture even changing his name to become a man he truly wants and tries to be in the music business. On the streets, Lu enrolls in college and takes up with a past flame. But his past life catches up with him pitting his love against him in a war they never saw coming.

Can’t Knock The Hustle is a story that is true to many living in the hoods across America. It is a story about real life and making choices and wrestling with change. It paints a vivid portrait of how a dysfunctional family affects a child’s decision making and life view.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Can’t Knock The Hustle?

Nati Holmes: The inspiration for Can’t Knock The Hustle came from my life. The way I was living was worth words. When you experience the things that Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nati Holmes, author of Can’t Knock The Hustle →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… RL Taylor, author of Champagne, Jellybeans and Chocolate

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RL Taylor, author of Champagne, Jellybeans, and Chocolate
(RL Taylor/Another Clue Publishing)

THEY SAY AFTER PAIN COMES JOY…

After years of hurt and failed relationships, what if the person that once made you the happiest reappeared in your life? But what if the timing was all wrong?

ROYCE TYLER IS FINALLY PUTTING HIS LIFE BACK TOGETHER

Over the past year, a series of horrific tragedies sent him spiraling into an unconsolable state of depression and turmoil. The last thing on his mind is chasing after love…

ENTER PAULA DANIELS, HIS COLLEGE ROMANCE

She’s a high-maintenance stylish lady with a knack for breaking men’s hearts. Her life consisits of pampered luxury and being spoiled by men of distinction. Her list of suitors includes some of the most well known figures in the sports world. Royce would jumop for a second chance with her.

ONE PROBLEM…HE’S HOMELESS

For the past few months, he’s been living in his car. Even if he could conceal the truth long enough to get back on his feet, he’d have to compete with men of great financial means for her affection. The lure of the glamorous life seductively calls out to Paula. Her social interactions lead to an agonizing pain, so excrutiating, it could overwhelm them both.

WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE, LUXURY OR LOVE?

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Champagne, Jellybeans, and Chocolate?

RL Taylor: I took a look around at the state of the economy and put a twist on the story dealing with the main character. There are a lot of people going Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… RL Taylor, author of Champagne, Jellybeans and Chocolate →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Russell Brooks, author of Pandora’s Succession

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Russell Brooks, author of Pandora’s Succession
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Where would you hide if you learned the CDC and a major pharmaceutical company unleashed a hyperdeadly microbe on the human race?

CIA operative, Ridley Fox, never stopped hunting his fiancée’s killers—a weapons consortium called The Arms of Ares. When an informant leads him to an old bunker outside of Groznyy, Chechnya, Fox is captured, beaten, and left for dead.

When the informant rescues him, Fox learns that his capture was no coincidence: someone had set him up—possibly another government agent. Fox barely escapes after learning that Ares has acquired a hyperdeadly microbe—called Pandora—that is believed to have wiped out ancient civilizations.

The trail leads Fox to Tokyo where he discovers that people within the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Japanese Intelligence want Pandora for themselves. The only person Fox can trust is a woman from his past who he nearly got killed.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Pandora’s Succession?

Russell Brooks: I was inspired by the sarin gas subway attacks that occurred in Tokyo, Japan, in the mid 1990s by a doomsday cult. I found it Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Russell Brooks, author of Pandora’s Succession →