Recently I launched 4-U-Nique Publishing, LLC; as well as releasing the first of four books that I have written, “You Ain’t Hungry Until I’m Starving“. The questions I have received the most about these events are, “How does it feel about releasing your book and Publishing Company” and “Are you excited about your accomplishments ?” Well if you know me I hardly get excited over anything. My feelings on the accomplishments are I am happy that these resources are finally available for the public. I feel when I accomplish any goal that I have set, I am/was suppose to reach; so I am never surprised, shocked or excited when that goal is achieved. This doesn’t take away the importance of the goal that has been reached at all.

What was the inspiration behind “You Ain’t Hungry Until I’m Starving“? The book is a collection of writings that I wrote in a time period when I was finding myself. In life we change is the only constant thing. So we by habit change and have to find ourselves continuously throughout our lives. This book was actually written in the time periods of 2007-2010.

What took so long for this book to be released? I had several Publishing Companies wanting me to sign with them. However, the more I found out about the Publishing/Author business, the more I understood that once you sign a contract with a publisher, they now own the manuscript of your work. I couldn’t give control to someone/something over what I feel/felt and let them change my writings. I quickly found out that the resources available for Authors that wanted to self-publish were limited and expensive. From there I created 4-U-Nique Publishing,LLC and wrote/finished 3 other books, while putting the release of “You Ain’t Hungry Until I’m Starving” on hold.

What are the messages hope to be received in this book? Overall the messages that I hope people will get out of this book are; Being true to One’s self, Never giving up and going after what you want in life no matter what anyone says, Loving yourself and each other, as well as keeping others(all creatures) in mind.

Ultimately I know that each person will get something different from each topic. I have learned a long time ago to allow people have their own experiences. For example in “My Son“, I have had people say I was too hard on my son’s mother. However, that piece is about a man that wants to be there for his child but for whatever reason he isn’t allowed. Not every man that isn’t in their child’s life is a deadbeat and just walked out.

“My Love” people think that is about a women in my life. I wrote that specifically like that so people could relate. In truth that was about the game of basketball.

The only selection in the book that I tell people what to think is “The Writer and The Pen“. When I first wrote this and shared with a small few; they could understand the connection between the writer, pen and brain in the literal sense. In order for the message to be received I told the readers who/what each metaphor was.

Was everything in “You Ain’t Hungry Until I’m Starving” based on first-hand experiences? In some way or another yes. I realized the more I shared some of my writings people were relating to what I wrote. So in turn I would listen to people more. I would take their experiences, add them with mine and then wrote a piece from that.

What has been the initial reaction of the book? The reviews of this book has been great thus far. I am realistic though. I know that you cannot please everyone. As much as I would like to please everyone, that isn’t my goal. My goal is to have as many people as possible to read and practice the messages that the book presents. My editor, Marci Wise, gave me the first sign that this book was a good book. I am hard on myself and due to this book being written years ago, I am definitely a better writer. I definitely had low expectations for this book, however, Marci told me it help her make the decision to take a journey that she was in doubt of for a long time. A few others have told me similar stories. That is what matters most to me.

The messages received is what matters the most. You know people these days try so hard to fit in but being unique and stand outside the box is so much more fun. You accomplish more going on your own path and listening to that voice that is inside you. This is what I speak on in “Coward“. It’s so easy to follow the crowd and to hate. That’s the coward’s way out in life. It takes strength to go your own way and having people doubt you and make fun of you for being different. The strongest person in the World is a person that LOVES. Do you really know how challenging it is to Love? Hating something you don’t like or understand or agree with is easy. Loving is a challenging because it takes patience, understanding, looking outside of yourself, past other’s differences and being hurt. Show me a person that loves unconditionally than I will show you a person that can conquer the world.



Where can one purchase “You Ain’t Hungry Until I’m Starving“? Right now it is on AMAZON. Soon it will be an ebook on Kindle. After about a month or so you can purchase the book on Itunes, Smashmouth and other outlets.



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