Urban Reviews: Tell our
readers about Holy Seduction.
Jessica A. Robinson: Well,
Holy Seduction is about a pastor's wife who is living a
double life behind her husband's back. She has everything that
a woman could ever want, and she's still not satisfied.
Urban Reviews: How did
the idea for this book come about?
Jessica A. Robinson: The idea for Holy
Seduction came about one day when I was bored and I wanted
to go out. None of my friends were available, so whenever I'm
bored, I usually write. And once I sat down at the computer,
the storyline just came to me.
Urban Reviews: What made
you want to get into writing? What are your goals as a writer?
Jessica A. Robinson: I got into writing
at an early age. When I was ten years old, I lost my father
due to pancreatic cancer and my therapist suggested I write to
express my feelings during that time, and it was then that I
realized that I had a love for writing and throughout the
years I kept up with it. My goals as a writer is to provide my
readers with interesting and fresh stories that will cause
them to see things in a different way. Also, my goal is to
have titles and stories that are conversation pieces. I want
to be great at what I do.
Urban Reviews: Describe
the day you found out that Peace In The Storm Publishing would
be publishing your manuscript?
Jessica A. Robinson: The day that I found
out that my dream would finally be a reality was truly the
happiest day of my life. I was at work and when I received the
email that they were interested and everything was confirmed,
I could barely do anything else. I had to call my family and
friends to tell them the great news.
Urban Reviews: What
things are you doing to help your book stand out in such an
ever-growing African-American fiction market?
Jessica A. Robinson: Trying to be
innovative in my marketing approaches. Spreading the word more
creatively and letting my personality shine through everything
I do.
Urban Reviews: Is there
an author or book you can point to as your inspiration to want
to be a published author?
Jessica A. Robinson: When I first picked
up Kimberla Lawson Roby's Casting The First Stone and
Victoria Christopher Murray's book Temptation made me
realize that I wanted to write stories.
Urban Reviews: Do you
have any upcoming projects that we can look forward to?
Jessica A. Robinson: Yes, I do. I have my
next book, Pretty Skeletons, which will be released in
early 2010. It's more of a dramatic piece as compared to
Holy Seduction.
Urban Reviews: Do you
have any favorite authors?
Jessica A. Robinson: Kim Roby, Tiffany
Warren, E. Lynn Harris.
Urban Reviews: You also
are involved with a music group. Can you tell us about this
outside venture?
Jessica A. Robinson: Yes, I'm involved in
a national gospel hip hop group called Carnival. We have been
doing ministry for 16 years, and this is our first national
release. Aside from writing, music is also my passion and I'm
excited to see this dream of mine also come true.
Urban Reviews: Is there
anything else you would like to share about yourself or your
novel?
Jessica A. Robinson: Yes I would like to
thank you for this opportunity for this interview. I also
would like to thank everyone who has supported my first work.
I believe everyone will come to enjoy my first installment in
my "church dramedy" series. There's many more to come!
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