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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Chamsil, author of Unbeknownst

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Chamsil, author of Unbeknownst
(Wontyme IV Your Mynd Publications)

Memphis, Tennessee. 20th Century. Take a journey into the worlds of Jamin Edson, Lindsay Beauregard and Hope Edson, a young family engulfed in turmoil that threatens the core of their family structure. When Jamin makes the drastic decision to leave his family without a trace, lives are forever changed in the wake of his exodus.

Witness the trials and tribulations, heartache and pain, successes and shortcomings as the result of one fateful decision. There are many lessons to be learned. Life goes on. Life brings about new experiences and challenges. But, ultimately, life catches up with you. The only question is…will you be ready when it does? This is Unbeknownst.

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

Chamsil: I played around with writing a short story in 2002, but my writing style and Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Chamsil, author of Unbeknownst →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Specialist Shoshana Johnson, author of I’m Still Standing

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ShoShana Johnson, author of I’m Still Standing: From Captive Soldier to Free Citizen – My Journey Home
(Touchstone Books / Simon & Schuster)

In the earliest days of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003, the world was shaken by reports of a deadly ambush on a U.S. Army convoy on its way to Baghdad. The 507th Maintenance Company, a combat service support unit, was brutally attacked by a well-armed mob of civilians. Eleven people were killed; Shoshana Johnson, an army cook, and four others were captured and held prisoner for 22 days.

I’m Still Standing: From Captive Soldier to Free Citizen – My Journey Home is Johnson’s extraordinary chronicle of her captivity, while providing a revealing eyewitness account of her experiences as a POW. It is a rare view of one of the key incidents of the war in Iraq. Told with candor and insight, I’m Still Standing is Johnson’s deeply personal account of how she survived.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write I’m Still Standing?

ShoShana Johnson: My family were big cheerleaders/advocates for me to write a Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Specialist Shoshana Johnson, author of I’m Still Standing →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Holly Spence, author of Convenant of Lies The Untold Truth

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Holly Spence, author of Convent of Lies the Untold Truth
(Monarch Publications, LLC )

Carl Richardson and Henry McFinley are second-generation childhood friends who married their high school sweet hearts and best friends Jessica Richardson and Stephanie McFinley. The couples have been practically inseparable for over twenty years, weathering many relational storms.

However, a riveting twist of lies and deceit not only threatens the covenant of marriage of both the McFinley and Richardson’s, but their children who have grown up like brother and sister who are maturing and attracted to one another. Follow the lives of these characters as their self-created web of lies unravels in Covenant of Lies The Untold Truth.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Covenant of Lies the Untold Truth?

Holly Spence: It was actually birthed after writing my stage play, “STOP! You Are Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Holly Spence, author of Convenant of Lies The Untold Truth →