Featured Interview With Triveda S. Harris

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Spartanburg, SC which is were is still reside. I’m a mother of three and a grandmother of two, a stroke survivor and a Chiari Malformation warrior. In December of 2021 I started a publishing company Wings Of Transformation Publishing LLC and became a podcast host of Believe In The Journey earlier this year. As if that was an already full plate I work full time in an urgent care facility. I don’t have any pets.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have always had a love for reading since I was able to talk. I was always bothering my mom to read to me or me to her. Either way I was happy about it. I began writing around the age of 9. We had to write a poem for a homework assignment and I fell in love with writing from that moment forward.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Donna Hill, Toni Morrison and just two of my favorites. I don’t have a favorite genre to read because if it peeks my intrest in the first few sentences I will read it. Life is what inspires my writing.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
Overcoming Childhood Trauma; My journey To Healing it’s about healing from the scars of my childhood and breaking the cycle of trauma by exposing the wounds and allowing them to heal. I talk about my relationship with my parents and my children.

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Featured Interview With Latonya Michelle Littlejohn

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Rock Hill South Carolina but I now reside in Spartanburg South Carolina with my husband Rico and our children Deonte and Daisha.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I’ve always had a love for books but it wasn’t until 2010 that I became interested in writing. I began writing in 2014 when my biological mother passed away.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Terry McMillan has always been my favorite author. I don’t have a favorite genre because I will read anything. My own life story inspires me to write.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I only have one book that’s my own and it’s about my adoption, disabilities and finding my biological family. It’s titled Delayed But Not Denied The Story Of Torie. I’ve also been featured in about five anthologies.

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Featured Interview With Tamela Lucus

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. I have been here my whole life. I have a pet turtle. Her name is Little Lady.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I had to repeat first grade because I didn’t know how to read. My mom said what do you like? I said mystery. She told me to read the Bible for it has mysteries and drama. I have been writing every since. I never knew that I would become an author.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Alford Hitchcock and Allen Edgar Poe

Tell us a little about your latest book?
The amazing Bible study workbook is available right now but there is a reference book that goes with it. It’s a collaboration of six authors. This is first time creating an anthology on my own. I am the visionary. I have been in two other anthologies. Both made it to number one bestseller. The very first one also made it to number one international bestseller category. Conducting an anthology is no piece of cake.

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Featured Interview With Kimberly Thomas

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in rural Tallahassee, Florida in an area known as Lake Hall. I currently reside in Tallahassee, Florida. I have no pets.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My fascination with books started with catalogs and National Geographic magazines when I was about seven years old. Looking through these magazines I could travel the world in the finest clothes. I begin writing poetry and journaling at the age of 15. My passion for writing intensified after I entered a poetry contest and my piece was selected and published in a book of poetry in the Library of Congress. Since my teenage years I have written and published a number of books and manuals.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Some of my favorite authors are Alice Walker, Iyanla Vanzant, Brian P. Moran and Michael L. Lennington. I love to read and I find myself reading different genres of books. However if I had to choose a favorite genre I would say inspirational and empowering books. I love books that challenge me to become a better version of me while challenging my mind to take a deeper look within. My inspiration to write comes from LIFE! and life’s lessons. The things that I have lived, walked through and overcome. But if I had to name a person I would say my husband because he is my motivational/inspirational pusher and number one cheerleader. He always encourages me to go forth.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is entitled “Freed From Broken Beginnings” it takes the readers on a journey through my life as an incest, rape, and domestic violence survivor to a free, healed, and delivered woman of God who was called, predestined and ordained from her mother’s womb to preach the word of God giving sight to the spiritually blind, and setting the captive free.

It took me nearly 4 decades to finish writing this book and get a release from the Spirit of the Lord to publish it. In writing “Freed From Broken Beginnings” the Lord allowed me to be very transparent in order to bring forth deliverance in the lives of other women who maybe suffering in Silence. The TRUTH is some times hard to face and admit but please believe that once it has been told TRUTH is liberating.

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Featured Interview With Dark Joseph Ravine

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My name is Dark Joseph Ravine. I was raised and currently live in Toronto, Ontario. I am an influencer with many projects dedicated to promoting kindness and positivity. I do not have any pets.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I began to realize my writing capability after I graduated from high school and after being told that my writing was terrible. I decided to persevere and prove them wrong. I enjoy writing as it provides me the freedom to express who I am and what I am all about.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I always liked children’s books. I wrote a children’s book, Watch Out! It’s Nolan. The book has won five awards from the Outstanding Creator Awards. I like children’s books because I like how funny many books are and how many good lessons children can learn for their future. Robert Munsch always inspired me because he wrote very educational and funny books that I still enjoy till this day. I try to keep my books funny and educational as well.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book as mentioned before, Watch Out! It’s Nolan, talks about a boy who gets bullied and picked on by his parents, classmates, and teachers and he stands up to them and makes a difference. The idea behind my book is to teach children about their self-worth, about karma, and about standing up to bullies.

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Featured Interview With Adam Wallace

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Thanks so much for having me, I would love to tell you a little bit about myself. I was raised in a little town about 50kms (30 miles) out of Melbourne in Australia. My school only had 100 kids, and we lived on a mini farm with chickens and geese and ducks and goats and sheep! We also had dogs, including the largest one in Australia at the time, which we rode like a horse!

Now I live in Croydon, which is a little closer to Melbourne. It’s an awesome suburb, and when I sit on the back deck kookaburras come and sit on the fence and watch me! I don’t have any pets at the moment, but used to have an awesome dog called Krueger who was a Labrador-Kelpie-Italian Greyhound cross and the smartest dog ever!

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Oh I have loved books since before I was born! But the first time I can really remember was when my step-dad would read to us from books by Road Dahl and Bill Peet and Dr Seuss. I can’t actually visualise anything, but he really brought those stories to life with his voices and actions and enthusiasm.

I don’t know exactly when I started writing but do still have a book I wrote in the fourth grade, called Frogmen of the USA! It’s kinda horrific! I loved writing all through school, and would spend my spare time, when I wasn’t playing sport, writing my own stories. After I finished school I became an engineer and didn’t write for near on ten years, then, when I came back to it at age 28, I was totally hooked and haven’t stopped since and don’t plan to … ever!!!!

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Wow this is a really tricky one. Can I pass? No? Okay fine, I’ll answer. I will give anything a go, but I do love pretty much all Malcolm Gladwell’s books. I am also a big Jerry Spinelli fan, Stargirl is one of my all-time favourite books ever. I like horror, so Stephen King is up there, but as a teenager I read a lot of James Herbert (although Fluke, not a horror, is my favourite of his books). I also really like Oliver Jeffers (Stuck is a masterpiece), and I will stop there before we run out of space!

I will read any genre at all and like so many. I usually have a non-fiction or two on the go, as well as a fiction of whatever is in front of me or whatever my niece recommends. And I read a lot of children’s books. I can’t narrow this one down any more than that!

So many people inspire me! In the children’s book world it can be from authors who have done or are doing I want to do, to the kids who get super excited about books, to the kids who have never read a book before but read one of my books over and again, to my community of amazing kidlit authors and illustrators, to librarians and teachers instilling a love of reading in children, to myself for all I have done so far and to parents who read with their kids and really value that time.

I also get inspired by anyone who has overcome the odds, or people who have a dream and do what they have to do to make that dream a reality, or teams that find a way to work together so they are like one unit. I get inspired all the time!!!!!!

Tell us a little about your latest book?
I am super pumped for this one, as I was OBSESSED with dinosaurs as a kid. So writing A Very Dinosaur Birthday, about what would happen if dinosaurs came to my birthday party, was thrilling and such a flashback to my childhood, when I would dream of such things.

Basically this is a book I wrote to entertain children, and to kickstart their own imaginations, as the dinosaurs cause chaos at the party, before finding ways to help the birthday child have an amazing day. On that, it also has a big lesson I have learned in life that even when things seem at their lowest, they can turn around to become, if not just back to level ground, actually quite amazing!

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Featured Interview With Cheryl LeGrand

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
My name is Cheryl Northern LeGrand. I’m Orignally from Newark NJ, I nos resign in Knightdale NC. I’m a single Mom with 3 children who are young adults . I am A cancer survivor who loves to Inspire others

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
50: as I was going through a divorce, God helped me turn my bitterness into belief, and my fears into faith, I started writing to help me heal but then it became about motivating others.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Johnny Wimbrey Les Brown John C Maxwell TDJakes Joyce Meyer my favorite genre is motivational books Author Debbie Foreman Author Angela Thomas Smith Author Tammy Thomas

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book “Life Behind Cancer: Dont let Your Mouth Destroy your process” talks about my experience going through breast cancer, chemoradiation, heart failure, and lupus all at the same time

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Featured Interview With Jennifer Penrose

Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in Iowa but raised in Indiana, which is where I currently reside with my husband and two young adult sons. We have 3 cats and 1 snake. I attend and work at the church near my home, along with writing. Primarily, I have been working on books geared towards young children.

At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have been a huge reader as long as I can remember. Nancy Drew books were my favorite growing up. I had written some things in middle school. In high school, I wrote quite a bit of poetry. Writing was an outlet for me at times. I liked to journal thoughts and feelings, which would sometimes lead to writing a poem or short story.

Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Lori Wick is one of my favorite authors. I also really enjoy Jane Austen. I love the way Lori writes a book that is entertaining but talks about God. That is the kind of writer I want to be. I want my books to have a message.

Tell us a little about your latest book?
My book is called I Am God Breathed. My book follows a little boy and all of his big feelings. My book is designed to help young children breathe through their emotions just as God breathed into us. We do not need to shove our emotions down. Emotions are a normal thing. I also want children to know that no matter what God loves us unconditionally. Once the idea came to me for this book, I think I wrote it in about a week. I saw a lot of kids struggling, especially at school where I used to work.

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