Urban Reviews:  Tell our readers about The Pledge – Life Is Eternal And So Is Love
Linda Everett Moye:  Well, The Pledge is about Thomas Manning and Latisha Edwards, a couple who meet while in their mid-thirties and living ordinary lives in San Antonio, TX. During the course of the story they discover they are soul mates who’d pledged millennia ago in ancient Egypt, to come back, find each other and continue their love story. The book leaves readers wondering about their own encounters with "the one" or "the one that got away." You know, that "one person" who hits us like no one else ever could and we’re left knowing he/she served a very special purpose in our life.

Urban Reviews:  How did the concept for this book come about?
Linda Everett Moye:  I actually started and finished this book after writing the first draft of the book, The Pharaoh’s Queen, which I’m still working on. The Pharaoh’s Queen is a result of a dream I had in 1994 that I’d helped researchers discover a tomb of a woman in Egypt. I immediately wrote a poem, "The Pharaoh’s Queen," to record my memory and reaction to the dream. Months later, I found out that a woman’s tomb and sarcophagus had actually been found at the time I had the dream. When I read the news report, the article answered the questions I’d poised in my poem. I found it more than fascinating and believed that somehow I was connected to the real story. About seven years later, I began writing the historical fiction about Pharaoh Teti and the woman, Nadjet-m-Pet (Teet) using as much of the recorded history in the story as possible. I had a few more dreams about them and in the last one Teet died. Before her death, she told Teti, "We believe in eternal life, so that means we come back. Find me and we will continue our love together." Well, that’s where The Pledge picks up. It explores the "what if" of eternal love that does last for millennia.

Urban Reviews:  What was it that pushed you to want to become a writer?
Linda Everett Moye:  Over a number of years, I was pushed from an internal insight to write poetry, then pushed by my close friends to share them through readings, and then encouraged to publish the poetry. As a result, I have four books of poetry. The fiction came as a result of a desire to record and publish what was revealed to me through my dreams.

Urban Reviews:  What has been the biggest challenge....writing the novel, publishing the novel, or promoting the novel?
Linda Everett Moye:  My biggest challenge was editing the novel. I wrote the first draft of the book, 50,000 words, in about six months. That part wasn’t difficult. I’m not a big fiction reader, so the process of redeveloping the story or "showing the story" was my biggest challenge. I tend to be a bottom-line reader and writer. Succinct and to the point had been my style of writing. I had to learn how to write against my natural grain. It was a great learning process.

Urban Reviews:  What are your ultimate goals as far as the literary industry?
Linda Everett Moye:  I would love to have at least one #1 Best-selling novel and to have both novels made into movies.

Urban Reviews:   What author or book would you point to as being your main inspiration?
Linda Everett Moye:  None. The inspiration to write The Pledge came from my dreams, poetry, and in part, my own life.

Urban Reviews:  Do you have any upcoming projects that we can look forward to?
Linda Everett Moye:  I’m currently finishing the novel, The Pharaoh’s Queen, which is a historical fiction about Teti, the first Pharaoh of Egypt’s 6th Dynasty and Nadjet-M-Pet, his secret first wife.

Urban Reviews:  Do you have any favorite authors or books?
Linda Everett Moye:  For inspiration, I read books by Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, and for fiction, I enjoy books by Victoria Christopher Murray and Nicolas Sparks.

Urban Reviews:  What things do you like to do outside of writing?
Linda Everett Moye:  I love to travel and have done workshops on how and why to self-publish and protect ownership of intellectual property. I’ve done quite a bit of public speaking and book signings at colleges and universities throughout the country and even on cruise ships.

Urban Reviews:  Is there anything else you would like to share about yourself or your novel?
Linda Everett Moye:  Graduate of Virginia State University (BS-psychology) and St. Mary’s University (JD – law).