Excerpt from Black Book News African American Book Reviews Featured Author Of The Month

ADRIAN L. MALLORY

AUTHOR OF CORRUPT INJUSTICE

BBN: What advice do you have for anyone

whowants to follow in your

footsteps?

Adrian: My aim is to entertain, educate,

promote creative expression,

and evoke analytical thinking so I'm

all about encouraging others to pursue

their talents. First you must believe

in yourself then make that commitment

to achieve your goals. After

that be ready for the negativity and

discouragement that is sure to come

but use that as fuel because it can be

a lengthy travel. Let nothing or no

one (including yourself) end your

dream but be prepared going into

whatever your endeavor is as you will

be better conditioned to deal with the

impending unexpected obstacles

lurking in wait. Stay active with practicing

your talent but thoroughly research

the business aspect, then

compare it with your company or the

company you are putting blind faith

into as you may see ahead of time

that your talent may not be promoted

and endorsed as you thought. I get

encouragement from encouragement

so surround yourself with people who

believe in you but will be real with

you. I'm really fortunate to have had

someone believe in me overlooking

my prison record and other limitations

that made daily life in main

stream society arduous just to get a

job so pursuing a business was a

forgotten dream. There are many

good people willing to help you because

they'd rather help you to help

your family then pay for incarcerating

you and supporting your family and

these kids need productive involved

fathers so come home and stay

home. It's going to be hard but so is

that damn cot you spent years on

vowing not to go back to.