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National Reading Month With… Kisha Green, author of And Even If I Did


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Books were always something that were in my life. My mother was an avid reader and it was something she passed on down to me. I remember reading Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary books in elementary school. I truly enjoyed reading. To me, it’s an escape into another world. Kisha Green the author absolutely! I love books. I love literary literally! *smile*

My debut novel And Even If I Did is a story about a trio’s road to self-love and recognition. This started as just a thought one day, and I couldn’t’t shake it. I had to bring these thoughts to life. I believe readers will enjoy my story because of the realistic emotions and a storyline that will keep you engrossed from page one.

For more info on Kisha Green, please visit http://www.divabooksonconline.com/

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National Reading Month With… Latoya S. Watkins, author of In Love With Losers


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LaToya S. Watkins, author of In Love with Losers: My first preschool teacher is who planted the seed for my love of reading. My parents never had to push me to participate in reading programs in school after that teacher cracked open Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak on my first day of school. When my mom picked me up from school and asked about my first day, I told her all about Max’s adventure. My mom encouraged my reading from that day on. From coverless books at garage sales to orders placed at school book fairs, I could count on her to keep a book in my hands. Time and exposure grew that love for reading, and I can never thank my mom enough for encouraging me to read.

My forthcoming novel, In Love with Losers, is a book about some of the joys and pains that come with the evolution of the human spirit. As my characters wrestle with issues that range from what they believe to be love with losers to questioning who the real losers are, you will easily relate to their everyday struggles in success and defeat in relationships and life in general. My book takes the African American novel and embeds crisis and history to create a beauty in reality that can and will be appreciated.

For more information on LaToya S. Watkins In Love with Losers, go to: http://latoyaswatkins.com

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National Reading Month With… Jahzara Writes, author of Love Don’t Live Here Anymore


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Jahzara Writes, author of Love Don’t Live Here Anymore: My love affair with reading and writing started with my grandmother. My grandmother used to tell the most magnificent stories. Listening to her, I could visualize the images and feelings that she created. I can recall being a pre-schooler and thinking to myself, “I want to do that”. I wanted to tell magnificent stories, too. I wanted to capture a person’s attention.

This was only the beginning. I remember being mesmerized by hearing my elementary school librarian, Mrs. Kevins, read to the class when we had Library Day. However, I don’t think anyone could read a story like my third grade teacher, Mrs. Mary Smith. She introduced me to Paul Laurence Dunbar. She read his poetry with such emotion and caused me to be intrigued with dialect.

I was disruptive back in those days. I’m sure she didn’t quite know how to manage this young girl who had a knack for fighting boys. One day, she put me in the “Wee One’s Corner”, the equivalence to today’s “Time Out.” With no distractions, I breezed through my work which was correct. Mrs. Smith was not letting me out of the “Wee One’s Corner” that easily. She gave me a blank composition book and told me to write. Hence the beginning of Jahzara’s writing career.

After marrying a man that everyone warned me not to marry and learning dark secret after dark secret about him, I thought my life would end. Every day with him became a dreaded adventure. “It can’t get any worse,” had become my daily mantra. Everyday it got progressively worse, so I ditched the mantra. I wanted my life to be over. At night before going to bed, I wished I would go to sleep and wake up in my Maker’s arms.

Finally, after waking up morning after morning to a dreaded nightmare, I decided that I would live. I decided that instead of waking up with dread, I would wake up with delight. I decided to take my life back. Love Don’t Live Here Anymore is a novel that tells my story. I had to write this book in order to heal and promote healing, motivation and inspiration in others.

For more information about Jahzara Writes and Love Don’t Live Here Anymore, please visit: http://www.jahzarawrites.com/.

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