Vanessa Baden has been a recognized and respected face for many millennials growing up in the 90s. As an Emmy award winning actress, many of our audience will recognize Vanessa from her work as a child in hit television series Kenan and Kel and Gullah Gullah Island.
Photo credit: Raen Badua
Now an accomplished writer, Vanessa Baden is ready to release “Far Away from Close to Home: A Black Millennial Woman in Progress”. We spoke with Vanessa about what that writing process was like for her, why this was an important story for her to tell, and still being a part of work that represents so many happy memories years later.
Read on for our exclusive interview with Vanessa Baden:
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Hello loyal readers! We’re doing something a bit different today in light of the COVID-19 quarantine. As you know, many events have been cancelled; everything from national sporting events to Broadway to… well, book tours. When Alexis Marie Chute contacted us to see if we wanted to be a stop on her virtual book tour for the release of Inside the Sun, we couldn’t say no!
You may remember Alexis Marie Chute from when we interviewed her last June. She chatted with us about the release of the second book of her trilogy, The 8th Island. Well, the long-awaited third book has finally arrived, and we’ve got the insider scoop! Click “read more” below for photos, an interview with the author, an excerpt from Inside the Sun, and of course, information on where to buy the books!
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Alexis Marie Chute, the author of the highly-acclaimed The 8th Island trilogy, got to reveal the cover of the second book in the trilogy – Below the Moon – at BookCon 2019 earlier this month. We chatted about her inspirations, her amazing multitasking skills, and of course, The 8th Island.
Alexis Marie Chute, courtesy of PR by the Book
Check out the interview below!
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If you were a child of the ’90s, it’s safe to say you saw the words “Executive Producer: Peter Engel” flash across your television screen at some point in time, ending every episode of the classic series Saved by the Bell.
Generation after generation fell in love with the sitcom about neon-loving kids at a California high school, and we got to chat with Peter Engel about what started it all. In his new memoir I Was Saved by the Bell: Stories of Life, Love, and Dreams That Do Come True, Peter shares the struggles he faced and how he never gave up until his dreams did in fact, come true.
Read on for our exclusive interview with Peter Engel below:
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Still seeking the perfect holiday gift for that YA fiction-lover in your life? Author Yvonne Ventresca‘s sophomore novel Black Flowers, White Lies may just fit the bill.
Black Flowers, White Lies follows cat-loving, superstitious protagonist Ella, a teenager whose strong connection to her father endures despite the fact that he died before her birth. When strange things start happening in Ella’s life, you can’t help but wonder: Is her father sending warnings from the afterlife? Are her family’s hereditary psychiatric problems slowly claiming their latest victim? Or is there an earthlier explanation?
I chatted with Yvonne Ventresca about the common themes in Black Flowers, White Lies and her debut novel Pandemic, what appeals to her about writing YA fiction, and more. Check out an excerpt below:
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