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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Lisa Y. Watson, author of Interview with Love

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Lisa Y. Watson, author of Interview with Love
(Urban Books)

No-nonsense consumer psychologist, Sienna Lambert, moderates focus groups to assist her clients with marketing their products to target audiences. Her newest client, Dexter Clothiers, has developed state-of-the-art men’s undergarments Best Kept Secrets that become more comfortable the longer they’re worn. Sienna interviews men from all professions and walks of life to get their opinion on the line.

When adrenaline junkie Vaughn Deveraux meets Sienna, he takes her breath away—literally. After a run-in at a client softball outing, Sienna assumes Vaughn is one of the new models for Dexter Clothiers. Vaughn tells her he’s the Creative Director at the company, advertising the line, and jokes that he leaves the modeling in the very capable hands of his younger brother, Pierce, a retired professional football player who’s had a great deal of experience with women asking questions about his briefs.

Though intrigued, Sienna keeps her distance when she finds out he works with her client, but Vaughn’s fun nature and zest for living prove too irresistible to ignore. Sienna’s once calm, predictable life gets turned upside-down when Vaughn shows her that sometime’s life is better when you experience it instead of researching it.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Interview with Love?

Lisa Y. Watson: There’s nothing more inspirational than a deadline! I had just finished my debut novel, Watch Your Back and had a short amount of time before I had to begin Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Lisa Y. Watson, author of Interview with Love →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Dwayne Joseph, author of If It Isn’t Love

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Dwayne Joseph, author of If It Isn’t Love
(Urban Books)

After receiving a shocking medical diagnosis, Jean Stapleton-Blige is forced to contemplate her life. She’s married to a prominent minister and has three successful children. To people on the outside looking in, Jean has had the perfect life. But the truth is, Jean’s husband has spent years seducing other women, while her children want nothing to do with her. With six months to live, can she fulfill her dying wish of making her family whole again?

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write If It Isn’t Love?

Dwayne S. Joseph: As a writer, I’m constantly trying to think of different scenarios I can throw characters into. When I wrote this novel, which was back in 2002, I was doing a lot of relationship drama at the time. In my trying to come up with something different from some of the other books I’d done, I realized I hadn’t really delved into doing a struggle dealing with family. As a result, I came up with my main character, having just received news about a terminal illness, and posed the question, if her family were estranged, what would she want to do before she took her final breath?

JP: What sets If It Isn’t Love apart from other novels in its genre?

DJ: If It Isn’t Love, while it has its relationship drama elements with the supporting characters and the issues they’re dealing with, is really about a mother’s desperation to bring her family together. She wants to mend wounds that she and her husband have caused over time. It’s a deeper novel than people may anticipate it being.

JP: As an author, what are the keys to your success that lead to If It Isn’t Love getting out to the public?

DJ: Keys to success: use of the Internet! Communicating with readers using numerous sites, such as Facebook, Myspace, Iseecolor.com, Goodreads.com, etc. Communicating with people such as yourself are also important, along with utilizing web-based fliers promoting your work to send out via email. And of course book signings.

JP: As an author, what is your writing process? How long did it take for you to start and finish If It Isn’t Love?

DJ: My writing process: once the idea hits me, I escape to the Barnes and Nobles cafe, grab a vanilla latte, open my notepad and just scribble away. Very seldom will I utilize an outline. I’m one of those authors that really likes to let the characters come to life and dictate to me what’s going to happen. When I wrote If It Isn’t Love, I was actually laid off at the time, so I got to do that one fairly quickly. Also my rug rats hadn’t been born yet! It took me about three months to complete.

JP: What’s next for Dwayne S. Joseph?

DJ: Next up is my novel, Betrayal, which hit the shelves this October ’09. It’s a very dark, suspenseful, intense thriller about a husband who wants to have his wife killed after receiving photographs showing his wife having sex with another man. The kicker is that he wants his son-in-law to do the deed because he discovers his son-in-law cheating on his daughter. It is one hell of a ride! After Betrayal, will be the sequel to Home Wrecker. I’m actually getting away from writing relationship drama. I’ll be giving the readers a lot more sex, suspense and mystery.

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Brittani Williams, author of Black Diamond 2: Nicety

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Brittani Williams, author of Black Diamond 2: Nicety
(Urban Books)

A sexy, suspenseful true to life novel full of secrets and consequences, Black Diamond 2: Nicety the highly anticipated sequel to Black Diamond, showcases the savvy writing talents of Urban Books’ best selling author Brittani Williams.

This novel is raw material with a gritty and gripping story line that flows seamlessly from the beginning to the unexpected ending. If effortlessly picks up where Black Diamond left off.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the idea and inspiration to write Black Diamond 2?

Brittani Williams: From gossip! From things that I’ve experienced, I realized how much secrets can ruin your life if you let it. I also realized that some secrets are meant to be just that. If they get into the wrong hands they’ll wreak havoc!

JP: You are a Philly Girl through and through. What has your experience in being born, raised and matured in Philadelphia done for you writing Black Diamond 2?

BW: It helped me keep true to the Philly style, language and culture. When you read Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Brittani Williams, author of Black Diamond 2: Nicety →