Non-Fiction / Vacation
Date Published: 05/18/2015
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
A man, his mother, his sister, his granny, his niece, and his nephew make a trip to Memphis Tennessee for a family reunion. During the course of the trip, the family encounter a series of circumstances that mold the trip into an unforgettable experience. Through the arguing and internal bickering within the group, they come together and strengthen the blood bond they share with each other. Reflecting on each and every situation encountered, the man realizes the trip is an overall social, emotional, and educational journey.
Interview
What is the hardest
part of writing your books?
The hardest
part of writing my books, is keeping the momentum of my creativity from day to
day. Once I get an idea, I have to almost immediately lay it down, before it is
gone. Writing an outline does help, but filling in that outline with creative
literature is a very tedious and time consuming task. There are literally days,
where my mind is going strong, but my writing hand cannot go any further. I
just have to find a stopping point, and continue the creative process another
day. But once the first draft is complete, it is smooth sailing from there.
What songs are most
played on your Ipod?
I have a variety of songs played on my Ipod
DJ Khaled: Nas Album Done, Holy Key
Rick Ross: The Devil is a Lie, War Ready, Sanctified
Kevin Gates: Perfect Imperfection, Out the Mud, Really
Really
Young Thug: Harambe, Check
50 Cent: I’m the Man
Future: March Madness, Stick Talk
Do you have critique
partner or beta readers?
The closes thing I have to any of this, is my sister. She
reads most my writings before they go out, and she gives me an honest opinion
on how good they are. Other than that, I write what I feel, and I
unapologetically put it out once it is up to my standard of literature.
What book ate you reading now?
I am reading
a poetry book called, I Will Never Kill a
Black Man by Mike Woods
How did you start your writing
career?
I started my
writing career, by being completely disappointed with myself. I already
possessed the writing skills, I just felt I did not have anything to write
about. I did not know what direction my life was going in, and I found myself
being slightly depressed. I read a tweet about writing on a piece of paper to
relieve your stress, and started writing a story about an event, in my life,
that currently had just passed. Through writing about it, I felt better and
realized I had a talent. From there I kept writing, and pushing the limits of
my gift. Now I have 2 published works, and I have my sight set on one more by
the beginning of next year.
Tell us about your next release?
My next release is nowhere near ready to talk about. It is
about a boy who becomes a man through terrible life decisions. The best way I
can describe it, is it is a melting pot of random event after random event. I
will say I am excited to see you it will twist and turn, but I am concerned
about whether the structure of the writing will be good enough to publish. I am
just letting the process be organic, and I am positive it will come together in
the end.
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