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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… B.L. Brown, author of Halo-Orangees employer-employee “one accord”

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B.L. Brown, author of Halo-Orangees employer-employee “one accord”
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Halo-Orangees’ employer-employee “one accord” Volume I One Mind, One Body, One Team is about real-life workplace issues occurring in organizations world-wide. This book is an on-the-job survival manual, mindset enhancer and stress reliever for both employers and employees.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Halo-Orangees employer-employee “one accord” Volume I One Mind, One Body, One Team?

B.L. Brown: Halo-Orangees’ employer-employee “one accord” Volume I One Mind, One Body, One Team was inspired, developed, and birthed from Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… B.L. Brown, author of Halo-Orangees employer-employee “one accord” →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Boyd Lemon, author of Digging Deep: A Writer Uncovers His Marriages

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Digging Deep is a memoir about Boyd Lemon’s role in the destruction of his three marriages. This is a journey to understand one man’s role in marriages that ended in divorce, confusion, bitterness and blame.

The Pearl in the Oyster has been the journey of the writing, for the writer himself, and the peace that writing has brought him. Lemon lived on the cusp of the moralistic generation that grew up in the 1940s and 50s and the next generation that embraced sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, as well as equality and independence for women. The transition rocked all pretenses of his working class upbringing.

The writer’s hope is that revealing the path of his own struggle to clarity and peace leads others to their own awakening, as so many modern couples and individuals deal with understanding and defining the new order in relationships, as well as facing their own past.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Digging Deep: A Writer Uncovers His Marriages?

Boyd Lemon: I had finished 15 or so short stories, and I yearned to write a novel. My writing mentor advised me that she didn’t think I was ready to write Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Boyd Lemon, author of Digging Deep: A Writer Uncovers His Marriages →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nikki Ransom, author of Hidden Butterflies: From Honor Roll to the Stripper Pole

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Nikki Ransom, author of Hidden Butterflies: From Honor Roll to the Stripper Pole
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Hidden Butterflies is a non-fiction epic tale follows Nikki, a young lady that had a promising future, through bouts of depression after the murder of her father, being married to an abusive, drug-addicted man, ending up homeless with four children, and how she finally took her life back from her abuser.

Hidden Butterflies serves as a cautionary tale two women that shows what can happen when we do not develop our own self-esteem and also the importance of instilling this self-worth in our daughters. My book takes a look into my past and illustrates the behavior of a woman with no self-love trying to fill that empty space with the love of a man.

My hope is that my tale will also motivate women to never give up on themselves, that their past does not dictate their future, and that it is never too late to take control over your own life.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Hidden Butterflies: From Honor Roll to the Stripper Pole?

Nikki Ransom: I never actually thought I would become a writer. After going through all of my ordeals, it just kind of hit me like a bolt of lightning to write. My experiences, my Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nikki Ransom, author of Hidden Butterflies: From Honor Roll to the Stripper Pole →