May 7th Book Signing a Success!
I thank all of you who came out and supported the Book Launching & Signing on May 7, 2016. Your presence helped to make the event a lively success. Please check out my web page at www.Prinkie.com On my website the Blog page will list interesting information about the "I’m Prinkie" Volume 1 book. It will also list previews of Volume 2: "English Is My Second Language." The News & Events section will show all upcoming Book Signings & Readings, other social events, and releases
Chapter 9: A Millionaire/Penny-aire at Six
In our house, the family shares money. Money and everything else is for the family. The house and all the belongings. Money that comes from the candy/grocery store. The side businesses. Mama Sarah’s regular job. Daddy’s regular job. Everything is for the family. Everything. My family is in the business of making money. I piggy-back on their businesses. Make their experiences pay off for me. And come up with some creative ideas of my own. So no matter what I was doing, I was a
Prinkie Volume 2: English Is My Second Language
Since I grew up in the segregated south in the 1940s and 1950s, I learned to talk form the people around. They had little or no schooling. Their language was put together by slaves from different parts of Africa. In Volume 2 I talk about how this affected my life then and even now.
How I Began to Write My Stories
At the Book Signing someone asked, "How did you begin to write about yourself?" About two decades ago on January 15, 1995, I started taking notes in my Life Journal, a black and white composition book. I gave each year of my life two pages: the page on the left and the page on the right. I can see them both at the same time. Then I just started to write reminder notes of anything, any event that came to mind. From that day, I would write down the events and the learning from
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