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DA CREW PODCAST SEASON 1| EPISODE #115|HOST QUEEN ANGELA · DA CREW Podcast

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  Okay, okay, y'all, I'm back. I'm back. I don't know
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  what that was all about. I don't know what was going on. But
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  the internet be having a minor its own and it'll just be controlling stuff.
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  But y'all, welcome, Welcome, welcome, Welcome to episode one hundred and
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  fifteen. This is the new Author Hour, and I'm excited to have this
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  amazing author here with us on tonight. I'm gonna bring her up and give
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  her opportunity to introduce herself. But if you guys would please share this in
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  your circle of influence. You never know what the next person may be in
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  need of. They may be in need of a good book to read.
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  So if y'all would share this in your circle, I'm gonna go ahead and
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  bring up my guests and allow her to introduce herself. Good evil, how
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  are you? I am well? And yourself? I'm doing great. I
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  can't complain. I tell you. The enemy be busy. But guess what
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  that if he has not figured it out yet, he gonna figure it out
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  soon. We don't quit over here, We don't give up. We don't
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  We keep it pushing. That's right. I'm with you on that I'm so
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  excited to be here on tonight. Thank you for the opportunity just to share
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  tonight. I am a new author. My name is Danny Nicole, and
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  I'm just out here. I want to just you know, share with the
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  people that I'm here and I'm gonna be writing more books in the future,
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  so I'm just glad to be here. I'm really glad to be here on
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  tonight. So if you would please just tell us a little bit about Danny
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  Nicole. Who is Danny Nicole before she became the author Danny McCole. Well,
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  Danny Nicole is Danielle Hall. And I'm originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
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  born and raised, and I now reside in Charlotte, North Carolina. I've
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  been here for about four years now and I love it here. I've always
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  wanted to write, even as a little girl, but you know, growing
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  up that just was not in my time. Writing for a living was just
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  not something you do, that was like a hobby. So I am just
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  excited I can finally share what's in my brain with the world. Wow,
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  And you said you've always wanted to write, so what stopped you? I
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  know, I know that writing is not the glamor career or the go to
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  career. But what stopped you from allowing your voice to be heard? I
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  would say part of it was me just to doubt, just doubting myself as
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  a young black girl that because that there weren't many authors and writers and producers
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  of color, especially women at that time, and so I just wasn't sure.
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  I didn't have the resources. I wasn't sure who to reach out to.
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  You know, life continued, I became a mom, I worked,
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  and now the book is done and I'm like, Okay, I gotta move
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  forward, Like I have to get this out here because I've had I've been
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  holding this for about six years. It's time. It's time to just share
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  with the world what I've wanted to share for a long time. So if
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  you would please share the title of your book and just a little bit about
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  your book without giving them too much, because we definitely want them to be
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  able to go and grab that book. We want to get them. We
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  want to get they. They mass to chime and so did they'd be like,
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  oh, I need to go, Yes, yes, that is true.
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  So the name, the title of the book is called Entangled with Deceit,
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  and the main character, Victoria finds love. I mean, as women
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  when we find the man of our dreams and we're smitten, and you know,
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  we believe this is like what who God sent us? Right? However,
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  this gentleman is full of lies and there's betrayal and there's deceit. And
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  I want the audience to read the book because I'm sure the audience can relate
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  anyone who's ever been in a relationship, if you haven't been in a relationship
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  with lies, betrayal and DC I know you know someone who's been in a
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  relationship, but there's been lies, betrayal and deceit. And so this novel
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  is definitely got a twist. What you think Victoria is gonna find out about
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  this new guy is more than you bargain for. You're gonna be surprised that
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  it's even took this twist of turns. So this is this based on It's
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  this based on some some some truth, some some life experiences or that all
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  made up. It's it's fiction. It's a tiny bit of some truth,
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  but it is a fiction novel. And I believe the audience will be surprised
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  and excited about reading it, and they'll be in there'll be a sequel if
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  that's what the audience wants. I know they'll want that. So that's already
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  in the works. Part two, because it's gonna leave you one and a
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  Part two definitely wow. So usually because I'm sure there's gonna be a lot
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  of questions that are not gonna be answered within the book exactly, just a
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  title and tangle, the tangle entangled with this up that title. And you
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  know what's funny, I didn't come up with a title to the end.
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  Like I wrote the book, I did not have a title to the end.
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  I never have a title in the beginning. That's just always been that
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  way. It's always been that way. And so when I came up with
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  the title, I thought about you know what I thought about when I did
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  the title, I thought about Data Pinkett Smith and this entanglement. And so
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  when when I wrote it, I was like, Yeah, she really is
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  gonna get entangled into something with this new guy, and it's gonna be unbelievable.
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  And when you're read it, you're gonna be like, no way,
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  she really gets entangled and and it just begins to unravel and he is not
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  the man that she thought he was at all. Wow. Yes, yeah,
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  that that that kind of like it's gonna be coming. Sounds like it's
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  gonna be juicy. It's gonna be juicy. It's gonna be juicy, honey,
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  and you're gonna be left like I need that second book, and hey,
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  I'm gonna be here to deliver. This is gonna be my last book.
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  I've already it's already in the works, it's already being written, so
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  that once this has been released, I'm coming with the second one. I'm
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  gonna give the audience what they want. Yes, you got some people saying,
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  let me go get the pop points, so you definitely gonna have to
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  go. You gonna gonna have to type it out. I'm saying, you
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  got all those books in you because you've been waiting for a long time to
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  get the holes out. So I know, So what is your write an
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  environment? Like? What? What? What? What makes you just get
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  into it and just start writing a lot of things. It's not just one
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  thing. I mean, I love to read, I love to watch movies,
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  and I've been watching a lot of movies later with some drama, and
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  it just intrigues me because I want to know. Okay, what's gonna happen,
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  like, you know, what's the end of gonna be? And then
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  there's a cliffhanger, and then I have to wait, you know, uh
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  for the second book or the part two of the movie to come out.
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  And so I'm just inspired. It could be a movie, a book,
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  a person in my life who's had an experience, and I kind of want
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  to feed off of that and just write about it. It's just a couple
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  of numerous things. It's like just not one thing. And I even have
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  dreams. It's funny because a lot of my dreams of people I don't know,
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  and it's like it's a movie like that I'm dreaming about and then I
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  have to drive it down, like, oh, I need to write a
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  book about that. So I got a couple of notebooks. I need to
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  go ahead and bring them out of the closet and getting on on paper,
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  like get the thoughts in the book notebook onto a paper, so I could
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  publish the book definitely. Wow. So we have to let the audience know
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  that the book is not yet out, but it will be out. So
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  with that being said, what are you planning to do for this book?
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  Are you planning on having a big release, a big launch. How how
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  are you planning on introducing this book to the world. Well, the plan
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  is to have a book launch. It would probably be virtual because I'm I'm
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  in Charlotte, and I have family and friends that are kind of spread abroad.
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  Most of my families back in Milwaukee, So but it would be a
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  virtual And then since I'm here in Charlotte and I met friends and met a
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  lot of people, you know, I might have to do a duel or
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  one virtual one in person, but I definitely want to have a book launch.
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  At this point, I'm thinking about self publishing, but if a publishing
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  agency you know, comes differently, I'll consider it. I won't say no,
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  But the self publishing is the route I plan on going because I've been
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  putting to work in with the cover, you know, with the editing,
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  like, I've been doing that work to make sure this book is what the
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  audience will be anticipating and looking for in the near future real So it's in
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  the editing stags. Right, You're definitely in a good area. You're You're
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  you're in Charlotte, You're you're in the Black Mecca, because that is a
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  I'm telling you there's a lot and you're in an author's environment because there are
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  a lot of authors that's connected to the platform that it's in your area.
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  I actually have the young lady that I was just talking about that's a part
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  of my anithology. She's in that area. She's an author, poet,
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  so there that that is an environment for authors. So I definitely, I
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  definitely would challenge you to to to try to you know, tap into that,
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  tap into that in that area. And I'm not far. I'm down
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  here in Murder Beach, so I'm far and I'm telling you. Patrick patras
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  Is is our resident book reviewer. She's also uh one uh the host on
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  our network and she loves redbooks. So definitely I urge you to connect with
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  some more of these different platforms so that we can kind of help share you
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  and get you out there. Yeah, I'm excited for you on this turn.
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  And you mentioned Milwaukee. I know Milwaukee, Milwaukee and North Carolina.
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  What what made you decide to transition to North Carolina because that's a business.
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  Yeah, and how about I know some I know people in Milwaukee as well.
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  I know people in Milwaukee. One of my one of my college basketball
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  teammates. She's from Milwaukee, but she made her home in Atlanta. And
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  then one of the ladies that write for the magazine poetry section, she is
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  is she in Milwaukee? I think she's in Milwaukee. She may not be
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  in Milwaukee. She may be close to Milwaukee. But yeah, that that,
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  that is a big difference. What made you transition, Well, one
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  thing was the weather. The weather was a big uh. Yeah was a
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  big Yes. It's the snow, the cold. I couldn't take it.
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  I couldn't take it. And I came to visit Charlotte one time and I
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  fell in love. So I said, this is where I have to be
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  and I love it here. Uh, it's it's it's a beautiful place to
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  be. And I'm excited that I'm doing what I'm doing now. You know,
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  God has a purpose and God has you in a place for a reason.
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  And I feel like Charlotte is the stepping stone to where I'm I'm about
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  to go, Like I'm on my way there now, Like I'm not stopping.
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  I'm gonna move forward, and I want to continue to grow. The
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  next time you hear from me, it's gonna be two or three four books
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  like we're gonna keep this going at it could be a movie. I see
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  a movie in my future. I see some playwrights, So I'm thinking,
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  big, Well do you introduce? Can you introduce some of the characters to
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  us so we can kind of have an insight of who were gonna be meeting.
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  Yes, So Victoria Willis is the main character. She's the young lady
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  that is gonna fall for Ericson Sanders. And I want to let the audience
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  know. Follow me on Facebook at Writer's Nook because on my Facebook page,
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  you're gonna get introduced to the characters a lot more when you follow me,
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  because I will start introducing the characters. I have a book trailer coming out
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  that you will enjoy looking at. And my website is under construction as we
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  speak, so everything about the book will be there at Writer's Nook. So
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  you need to follow me so you can get the updates as I continue to
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  move forward with the book process. Wow, Victoria and who is Victoria following
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  for Ericson? Is his name? And when you see this brother, you're
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  gonna say, Okay, I see why she's falling for him. Yes,
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  ma'am, he is a delight. Yes he is So when you're not writing,
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  what what else do you enjoy doing? Well? I enjoy reading.
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  I'm always love to read. I got a I got a book, A
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  box full of books. I need a bookcase. That's how I just collect
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  them. I haven't read them all all, but I just love I love
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  being captured into a story and and when I read the book, I just
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  it's like I'm there. So reading is one of my hobbies. I enjoy
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  spending time with my family and friends. I love shopping, so I call
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  it retail therapy. So that's definitely on the top of the list of things
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  to do here in Charlotte, definitely. And who are some of the authors
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  that perhaps inspired you to go ahead and do it well? I read,
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  I like Rootware, and I like Laura Roberts. But I'm also been inspired
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  by some of the writers like Ava DuVernay and Shanda rhimes E Saay, Like
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  these women have written, not have written manuscripts or playwrights for movies, for
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  sitcoms, and so I'm just encouraged because women are in the forefront of writing
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  and producing now, and I'm excited because I want to be part of that
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  number, Like I want to be with them like I want to be in
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  that same circle and I'm my name called out. So I'm really excited that
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  women are stepping out. Black women particular, are stepping out of the comfort
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  zone and giving me a sight something just look forward to when I'm writing my
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  books as well. And again I have to remind you you are in the
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  right place. You are in the right place, because there are some individuals
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  I know in that area that also does playwriting. They do short films.
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  They are a part of the what is it the short film They have some
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  kind of short film festival or something. Matter of fact, young lady moved
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  from New York to Charlotte and she is a part of the film the Black
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  Film Festival that they have there in Charlotte. There's a lot of people in
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  our live circle here that have taken their books and made them into short films
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  and make them into plays. So have you even thought about that? No,
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  I am now, yes, I am now, yes, ma'am.
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  That that sounds great. That sounds like I'm gonna go ahead and add that
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  to the list of right more things to do and to look forward to and
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  to build upon as I build my brand as a as an author. And
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  you know one thing I was just in the door author. Okay, let's
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  change that. We're gonna put entrepreneurs. Yes, entrepreneur because once you when
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  you become an author, you become a business. Yes, now I am
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  because there's so many avenues that you can take your book like, you can
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  do all types of things with your book. And I'm telling you keep hanging
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  around this circle here you will find out because that's what we do. We
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  try to collaborate. We try to find different things to do like that.
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  You always should have at least two or three, maybe four or five.
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  Some people stay seven different streams of income. If you got a book,
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  you you you should have some other streams of income coming from that book as
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  well. And I'm telling you if you follow us and you stay connected to
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  us, you'll see yes, yes, well I'm connected you. You don't
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  have to worry. Yes, they don't have to worry about that. You
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  got me connected. Now you can't. You can't get rid of me.
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  I'm here, I'm connected. Let's see. Your book is your brand,
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  yes, but that's your bank book. What is what is one thing that
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  you want your readers to take away from the things that you write what is
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  it that you want them to get. I would say I want them to
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  fall in love with the character and relate. I think, like with this
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  book Entangle with DC. I know my audience will relate because, like I
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  said earlier, if you haven't experienced entanglement and deceit, I know you know
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  someone who has. And so I want my audience to be familiar with the
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  book and let it come alive in the spirit, you know. I want
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  them to get excited about it and you know, look forward to putting not
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  even putting it down, like walking around the house, like just reading the
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  book, because it's gonna be that good where you said, I can't let
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  me finish it before I do anything else. And so I want my audience
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  to get personable with the characters. That's why as I'm branding, I'm showing
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  pictures of the characters so you can kind of put a face with the name
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  when you drain or follow my Facebook page, and you'll get to definitely see
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  who you'll be reading about. And I think that's something that'll be exciting for
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  the audience to see. Wow. So when is the trailer dropping? So
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  the book trailer, yep, the book trailer is dropping tonight. The book
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  trailer is ready and I am going to post it on the writer's book Facebook
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  page tonight, So stay tuned after it's broadcast and you're gonna see it,
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  yes, ma'am, and you're gonna love it. They say somebody, they
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  are gonna be burnt trying try to see. Then somebody to say burnt to
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  a Chris So that means they're gonna be into it. They're gonna be into
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  it. Look, look, you you you have some readers over here.
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  They love to read, they love to support. So know that you might
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  have some some some some some stockers. I'm gonna say they stocker. You
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  might have some supporters that's gonna come and support what you're doing. Please again,
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  we're not rushing you. But when do you think the book is gonna
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  drop? This year? This year, twenty twenty three, before the year.
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  We have to follow you to see when it's gonna drop for sure.
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  Yep, I'm telling you once we see this trailer that we're gonna be all
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  up on your page book. Yah. Right, that's the anticipation. Yes,
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  I want you to anticipate it because when it drop pre order, yes,
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  when it drops, be ready be ready. Yes, well, I
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  am excited for you. I am excited for you. I just can't tell
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  you how excited I am. I love sharing authors. This is my passion,
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  this is what I love to do. I cannot wait till it drop.
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  So I want to encourage everybody that's listening to make sure that you go
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  over and follow the Writer's Nook yes on Facebook, so that you can see
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  that trailer tonight. You can meet some of the characters inside of this book.
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  Yeah, you can stay connected, so when it dropped, you on
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  no firsthand when it drops. So, how can we follow you across your
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  various social media sites? Oh? Sure, sure, so you can follow
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  me. So I'm also on Facebook at Danny Nicole. You can follow me
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  also on Instagram at Lovely Diva fourteen and TikTok at Lovely Diva fourteen. And
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  when my website is up, that'll be a Writer's Nook, but it's gonna
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  be Danny Nicole the Author dot com. So that will be coming real soon.
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  That's in the works as we speak, probably the next week it'll be
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  live and you can go ahead and jump on the website as well. Well.
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  Again, congratulations, congratulations, and welcome to the world off author hood.
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  Yes, an entrepreneur. Yeah, I'm excited for you. Cannot wait
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  till this book drops. And I want to thank you for stopping by and
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  allowing me to share the release of your book. So thank you for being
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  a part of the new Author's Hour and sharing, for having me. I
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  appreciate you, and I'm I appreciate you even allowing me the space to share
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  with the others about my book. I appreciate that so much. Thank you,
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  and I'm I'm attached now you you and we are definitely we are definitely
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  gonna have to have you back. If I don't have you back, Patrease
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  will probably have you back because I'm telling you, she tuning in, she
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  already over there. Yeah, she'll probably snatch you up. If I don't
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  get a chance, she'll probably snap you up. So no, that you
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  will be back when that book get ready to drop again. Congratulates and thank
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  you for stopping by and sharing with us on tonight. Thank you so much.
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  You're welcome. You're welcome. You're welcome, y'all. A new book,
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  a new opportunity for you to meet a new author, so take advantage
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  of it. Go over to the Writer's Nook tonight, catch that trailer so
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  you'll be able to get to know some of those characters inside of that book.
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  And when it dropped, y'all, I'm telling you, we got to
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  stop the page until it come out, so we'll know when it's gonna drop.
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  Y'all. Thank you for tuning in to another episode of the Crew Podcast.
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  I am the Queen of Collaboration, Angela Thomas Smith, and I thank
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  you. I love you guys for all of your support. Y'all. We
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  would be back on tomorrow night with Patrese. She's gonna she's gonna be I
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  think she's gonna have one of the hosts on Tomorrow night. So so y'all
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  see y'all tomorrow night. Love you guys, and guess that's what. There's
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  absolutely nothing you can do about it. Be blessed. Hmm