JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview
5 Minutes, 5 Questions With…
Kisha Green, anthologist of On Da Corner
(Diva Books)
(click the link to see this book on Amazon.com)
On Da Corner highlights new urban talent in this short story anthology. Dare to say…it has been done with a keen eye. This is just the beginning for these young and talented authors. The authors put you in the room with their characters by breathing life into them with both details and truth. Readers will feel as though they are living through some of their character’s experiences.
Some tell a story of coming of age in a battle zone with codes and rules that shatter dreams into a life based purely on survival. There are chilling tales of friendship, drugs and violence. Others are more about love and the loss of love. The bitter reality of how that can alter life and the lessons of such, are laced between the pages waiting to be unfolded.
Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to become an anthologist and produce On Da Corner?
Kisha Green: As a newbie author I saw it was hard to get exposure, so I wanted to provide authors like myself opportunities to showcase their talent. I simply felt that the authors on the On Da Corner had a voice in street lit. Even though they were unpublished, I believed in their stories and their quest for becoming an author. That was my initiative for my other anthologies If It Aint One Thing…It’s Another (Urban contemporary fiction) and Mental Seduction (Erotica). I saw these writers had a great gift for story telling. I wanted to give them some exposure.
JP: What sets On Da Corner apart from other Urban Lit Anthologies?
KG: These stories are raw. Some may say its horrible or that it is too real-too graphic or sexually charged. If this is what an author is writing about and they are painting a story so vivid, who am I to ask them to change, even if I am the publisher. I am not there to change a story. I give all authors on my anthologies creative freedom.
JP: As an author/publisher, what are the keys to your success that lead to On Da Corner getting out to the public?
KG: Research…network…research…network…you can see where I am going with this can’t you (lol)? On a serious note I am a lover of literature, so I am constantly talking about something pertaining to literary as well as my own literary works. You may not know the face, but you know the name because I have had many dealings with authors – wanting to help and promote them as I would want someone to do the same for me, hence my creation of the literary website Writer’s Vibe and my blog talk show called Writer’s Life Chats. I have a voice. I like to talk, so it is going to be heard one way or another…lol…When I believe in something, trust me I will do everything in my power to make it a success- FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!
JP: What did you learn from publishing On Da Corner that you will use to your benefit with future releases?
KG: I learned to do my research and to educate myself not just on the genre I am going to publish in but also the business side.
JP: What’s next for Kisha Green?
KG: Well, I am working on the re- release of my debut novel And Even If I Did. This will be released in February of 2009.
Author Workshops – Spring 2009
Literary Luncheons by Kisha- Spring 2009
More great interviews for my blog talk show The Writer’s Life Chats (www.blogtalkradio.com/writerslifechats) as well as great book reviews, commentaries, author interviews and etc on Writer’s Vibe (www.writersvibe.com).
Authors looking for exposure email me your jpeg of your book cover and synopsis to writersvibe@gmail.com.
My publishing company DivaBooksInc.- www.divabooksinconline.com.
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