JoeyPinkney.com 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... Yani, author of A Thug's Redemption

About "A Thug's Redemption":

After Jamal decides to take matters into his own hands by avenging his best friend’s murder, he is forced into the street life. He is forever in debt to his cousin Samir, one of Philadelphia’s biggest drug lords. After finding love, separating himself from the game and turning his life around, fate comes into play when a desperate act by his younger brother Shawn brings back the haunting night from Jamal’s past. (read more) 

JP: What sets “A Thug’s Redemption” apart from other books in the same genre?

YA: “A Thug’s Redemption” doesn’t glorify drugs, sex and the violence that has plagued inner city Philadelphia. This is a young man who was caught up in the streets behind a poor decision that he
made and he was trying hard to make amends with his past. (read more)

JP: As an author, what are the keys to your success that led to “A Thug’s Redemption” getting out to the public?

YA: I believe the keys to my success would be for me to make myself more socially available. I’m so used to being closed off and staying to myself. In order for people to know about “Yani”, I need to mix with the people more by promoting, advertising and blogging. (read more) 

JP: As an author, what is your writing process? How long did it take you to start and finish “A Thug’s Redemption”?

YA: I get flashes. That may sound weird to people. I could be sitting somewhere like on a train or at work and all of a sudden, I’ll see something happen in my “creative mind”. I start writing from there. (read more) 

JP: What’s next for Yani?

YA: More writing. I’m constantly writing every day. I have seven more novels in my head now that I am trying to get into print. I’m  writing 2 books at the same time: “A Thug’s Redemption 2: Jamal’s Return” and “Obsessive Intimacies”. (read more)

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