Featured Interview With LaToya Lawrence
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am an individual who is very confident, determined, and strong-willed.
I was born and raised in Queens Village, New York. I still reside in the state of New York.
I love puppies and dogs I always had them growing up during childhood. One beloved canine that I owned I had for seventeen years. We literally grew up together. I adopted her from North Shore Animal League when I was ten and she was put to sleep when I was twenty-seven when her hind legs started to give out due to arthritis. She was part German Shepherd and Rough Collie.
I currently do not own any pets but I do plan on getting two or three puppies when I move to a bigger apartment or house.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I realized my fascination with books very early on. My mother had me reading at the age of two and a half years of age.
During adolescence I always received high marks whenever I turned in a book report so that told me I had great writing skills.
After one of my book reports impressed my fourth grade teacher and after I wrote a play for a class project that I cast class members in my teacher gave me the lead role as Robinhood in the school play Potpourri.
At the age of ten or eleven I had the opportunity to get the short stories I used to write published by a mainstream publisher.
At the age of 23 I self published my first novel titled My Cup Overflows.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I used to love reading St. Martin’s True Crime Library years ago. Those books kept me up all night. Those books are very interesting, intriguing, and they engulfed me as a reader because true crime stories and shows like forensic files and the like captivated my attention a lot back then.
I do not have a favorite author but there are a number of authors works that I loved.
My favorite genres are suspense, thriller and supernatural with a tinge of mystery. I also like noirs.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is titled The Demons and is the third and latest installment in a four-part series of My Tantalizing Tales In The City short stories collection.
However, the book I am currently promoting I published this year in February titled Inherent: The Birthright. It is a two-hundred and fourteen or sixteen page read depending on what edition is purchased.
It is about a woman born with a caul (denoting clairvoyant ability). She comes from a family of special spiritual gifts and supernatural practices rooted in the Yoruba religion.
The main character Emery Bledsoe is a good, hardworking woman dedicated to her profession when she is done wrong by jealous coworkers who sabotage her career.
Unaware of the powers that Emory possess they all receive a rude awakening when Emery resurfaces and their lives enigmaticlly turn upside down.
Without giving anything away, the story also delves into another factor regarding a spell that goes wrong unbeknownst by a family member that ties into Emery’s life to escalate matters already unraveling.
It is a story of karma that comes back hard through preternatural ability combined with the occult.
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