JoeyPinkney.com 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... NeNe Capri, author of The Pussy Trap 2: The Kiss of Death

About "The Pussy Trap 2":

“The Pussy Trap 2: The Kiss of Death” is the second installment to the series. KoKo is back with a thirst for revenge. Treachery looms thick in her midst as she plants the brutal Kiss of Death on whoever is in her way.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “The Pussy Trap 2: The Kiss of Death”?

NeNe Capri: There is no better inspiration than to know that the readers you write for love what you do. When I first set out to write my first book entitled “The Pussy Trap”, I initially wrote to put something hot on our label Wahida Clark Presents.

JoeyPinkney.com 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... Gloria Dotson-Lewis, author of You Got Me Twisted

About "You Got Me Twisted":

“You Got Me Twisted” is about a sixteen year old girl named Makenzie Pierce who is quick to fight anyone who rubs her the wrong way. When she finally goes too far, she finds herself in front of a judge who orders her to either go see a therapist to sort out her anger issues or spend time behind bars at the Juvenile Correctional Center.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “You Got Me Twisted”?

Gloria Dotson-Lewis: “You Got Me Twisted”, as well as my first, “Ninety-Nine Problems”, was inspired by a small group of girls I use to mentor. I wrote a short story for them to open up dialogue about various teen issues.

JoeyPinkney.com 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With... Trae Macklin, author of Flippin' The Hustle

About "Flippin' The Hustle":

Born and raised in the Projects of Richmond, VA, Derrick Richards’ life was changed. His destiny to become a federal agent was forged at an early age when he witnessed the untimely death of his older brother and father figure Carlo at the hands of a up and coming drug dealer.

However, when Derrick took the assignment to bring down the Black Tar Boyz neither he nor the FBI could have known just how deep he would go undercover, how easily he would fit into his new persona, or how hard it would be to bring him back when the game, the mean Brooklyn streets and a new found love grabbed a hold of him!

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Flippin’ The Hustle”?

Trae Macklin: “Flippin’ The Hustle” book was inspired by lot of trips out of town on my grind and all the wild stuff I experienced and watched go down in the streets. That goes from the sex with dimes to the shootouts with killers.

JoeyPinkney.com 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Tasha Macklin, author of Baller Dreams

About "Baller Dreams": 

“Baller Dreams” is about needing a dream to become reality so bad that it becomes an obsession. Being obsessed about something can be a blessing and a curse.
“Baller Dreams” is about proclaiming you’re invincible when you’re only just flesh and blood.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Baller Dreams”?

Tasha Macklin: From loving so deeply, and struggling to create dreams that I want to become real, and from simply living life—the good and the bad. It all goes hand in hand. I think that there are at least two