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National Reading Month With… Precious Love

March 26, 2009 Joey Pinkney

Precious Love, author of A Mother’s Cry and Jailed By Blood: Inmate 798175: Ever since I was 9-years old, I had a knack for sketching. I used to make my own children’s books by making up story lines and sketching my own pictures. I would staple the drawings together and make my own book. I have always been a lover of words.

At the age of 15, I began to write poetry. That shortly turned into spoken word. In my adulthood, as I began going through trials and tribulations, the thought crossed my mind to turn my life story into a book. My books have aided others that have gone through or were going through the same things that I have experienced in my life.

About my first book, A Mother’s Cry: This book is an amazing autobiography about a young woman who stayed in a fifteen-year abusive marriage for the sake of her three children. Without notice, she finds herself filing for divorce on the grounds of abandonment because her husband walked out on her and their daughters. She then had to put her business on hold and move her family to another state to start over.

Once there, she tries to adjust to becoming a divorced single parent. Being in a new state, she strives to get her business back together. The ups and downs of raising her children alone and at the same time going through the struggle of getting to know herself again is exhausting. This book explores the victories and defeats of single parenthood, dating and starting life over under new management.

About my 5th Book, Jailed By Blood, Inmate 798175: This is an unbelievably true story about the author and her sibling that allowed revenge and jealousy control his actions, which resulted in Quiet Storm to be falsely incarcerated, but there was one thing her sibling forgot, “But [when these men set a trap for others] they are lying in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.” Proverbs 1:18

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National Reading Month With… Yasmin Shiraz, author of Retaliation

March 24, 2009 Joey Pinkney

Yasmin Shiraz, author of Retaliation. My parents took turns reading to me when I couldn’t read myself. One would sit on the edge of the bed and read Cinderella stories and bedtime tales. As soon as I could read, one of the first words that I remember is the word, “mine.”Â Books were mine. And I loved reading to myself.

When I was seven years old, my family moved from an apartment in the inner city to a home in the suburbs. I remember my parents asking me if I liked my new room and all I could think of is, “Where are my books?” My parents packed my favorite books in a crate and I didn’t care about what my room looked like until I knew where my crate was.

The first day in my new home, I sat in a corner and read my books. I guess my room was nice. I guess it had a nice view. But I can absolutely tell you that I enjoyed reading that day and everyday since. By reading to me, my parents opened me to a world of possibility, exploration and hope.

My latest book is entitled Retaliation. It was inspired by a 15 year old girl who attended one of my self esteem workshops. I was talking to a group of girls about feeling good about themselves. I asked them what were some of the things that they liked, loved and hated about life. One girl said, “I hate the girls who jumped me.” I was shocked by her admission and couldn’t get her voice out of my head for weeks.

I thought about what if there was a fictional character who had been jumped and felt that she didn’t want to retaliate, but everyone else in her family did. What would happen if a teen girl was jumped and she decided not to react violently?

That is the story of Retaliation. It puts the reader in a realistic position of deciding if violence is ever justifiable. Everyone who reads this book has to make a decision about who they are gonna be when violence stops on their doorstep.

For more information on Yasmin Shiraz’s Retaliation, visit: www.yasminshiraz.com

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National Reading Month With… Darnyelle Jervey, author of If You Understood My Past, You Would Understand My Praise

March 22, 2009 Joey Pinkney

Darnyelle A. Jervey, author of If You Understood My Past, You Would Understand My Praise: My love for writing began at the age ofÂ ten, when through my first journal. I learned to love the possibility that words could empower and encourage others.Â I can recall countless teachers and school volunteers reading stories that colored my experience. That encouraged me to dream larger than life.

My love for reading, writing and education deepened in the 9th grade. I met the most influential person in my literary career, my 9th grade English teacher, Jane McFann. She was an accomplished author.Â From that point on, I began to visualize my name onÂ books. I knew that one day, people would read my books and be encouraged to dream the Incredible.

My literary debut is If You Understood My Past, You Would Understand My Prase. This a memoir chronicles my path to self-discovery after the abrupt conclusion of a 3 year relationship where my ex-fiance’, three months before our wedding, dropped a bomb on me that changed everything. That forced me to deal with my past: the abuse, neglect and loveless family where I was raised. I realized that if I could conquer my past, I would confirm my future and find the love that I have been waiting for my whole life.

AlthoughÂ If You Understood My Past, You Would Understand My Praise is based on a true story, it reads like a well written novel complete with everything you need to spend a few hours wrapped in its embrace. You will emerge not only understanding my praise but also the manifestation of defining your own praise as well!

From cover to cover, you will be thoroughly engrossed in its pages and take the journey with me. I transparently share how I made it through a life-changing ordeal. Boasting rave reviews once readers finished my book, people are sharing my story to edify and strengthen people across the country.

For more information on Darnyelle A. Jervey’sÂ If You Understood My Past, You Would Understand My Praise, please go to http://www.incredibleoneenterprises.com.

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