Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Interview with Author Kimberley B. Jones, Our Friendship Matters #YA


Our Friendship Matters

By Kimberley B. Jones

Genre: Young Adult


About the Book


Sasha and Leah are living the good life. They have money, good looks, great boyfriends, loving families, supportive friends, good grades, and, most importantly, they have each other. They do everything together, from playing sports to planning for their big prom night, and they share a bond of trust and loyalty almost as if they were sisters. However, beneath the surface, neither their lives nor their friendship are as untroubled as they seem. When a friend from Sasha’s past becomes the victim of police brutality, their friendship is put to the test as both girls are forced to confront their values and what it means to be privileged in

American society.


Interview with the Author

What do you find most challenging about the writing process, and how do you deal with it?

What is challenging to me about the writing process is the editing. You can write all day until you go back and revise what you have written. I set some time away on nights and weekends while putting myself on a schedule and completing the tasks before my deadlines given by my publishing company.

When and where do you do your writing?

I have an office next to my laundry room. It’s not the best when clothes are being washed, but it’s away from everything where I can focused on my writing.

What have you learned about promoting your books?

What I’ve learned about promoting books is that it doesn’t matter if you are self-published or traditional published; you still have to promote your book. It’s not easy, and it could be tiresome, but it’s worth it at the end. Promoting yourself is also great because I gives you a chance to build relationships as well.

What are you most proud of as a writer?

I am most proud of getting my words out to readers not only for just the writing part but changing the world. But truly and honestly, I can tell me mother that I’ve finished the novel and I’m making you proud.

If you could have dinner with any writer, living or dead, who would it be, and what would you talk about?

Just one. Okay, if I can choose one, it would be James Baldwin. I would want to talk about the past and compare it to today. I will ask him if he sees any changes, or do you see a reverse of going back to the old days.

I will sit with him and talk about one of my favorite quotes by him, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

How powerful can that be? That’s all I want to do with Our Friendship Matters is face the issues of today’s society and change it.


About the Author


Kimberley B. Jones is a professional early childhood educator. She was born in the small town of Saint George, South Carolina, on September 12, 1982. She graduated from Woodland High School in 2000, Benedict College in 2004 with B.S., Child & Family Development, and Ashford University in 2013 with a Masters in Early Childhood Education. After receiving her education and being a military spouse, she held several jobs as a preschool teacher and a preschool director, but she wanted to use her education by writing children’s books. She wrote her first book in college for a children’s literature course. She has since self-published several books that can be found on Amazon. Currently, she is branching off into writing fiction YA, NA, and A novels on issues in society. She loves writing and would change it for nothing in this world. She is now representing Rhetoric Askew, a great publishing company. Kimberley is the author of “Our Friendship Matters,” soon to be released and so much more coming soon.

Website: www.kimberleybjones.com

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/kimberley.jones.3762584 

Twitter:   https://twitter.com/KimberleyBJones

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/authorkimberleyjones/

Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08C44GYMD?tag=

Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54355969-our-friendship-matters


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