Conversation with Kayona Ebony Brown

From on-air personality to author Kayona Ebony Brown hit the literary by storm with her novel The Tenth Letter. The Tenth Letter a story of love between a young woman against relationships and a young man that’s all for relationships. Kayona a D.C. native took a moment to discuss her novel and what’s in the works for her.

The Novel……………..

J a journalist has some underlying issues that causes her to have sex-ships and keeps her from wanting relationships. Then she meets Jaye a artist who too has a few issues of his own, but is ready for a relationship with J who continuously tries to push him away…………………………………………..

 

The Conversation…………….

Kenyatta: How did you come up with the storyline? J was something else.

Kayona: (laughing) J …Yes, she was like an alter ego for me. I created her in another story I had written in high school, and I loved her s much .She just came in layers.  I was nothing like her, so I admired that “different” lifestyle she had. She is BOLD and confident. She has a way with the fellas that I never had. But this so called confidence doesn’t come without flaws. There’s a deep story behind this façade.

Kenyatta: I know a J…maybe a couple of them (-:

Kayona: Don’t we all!

Kenyatta: Now how did you match her up with the complete opposite...Jaye...???

Kayona: It was an unconscious psychosocial thing that I believe is perhaps the primary dilemma in our society today--for Generation Y (my generation). Women are obsessed with being able to be like men--being about to do everything men do, and that includes "dating like a man."

Kenyatta: I think you’re so right about that

Kayona: This is J's mentality. She is the personification of every woman today--career-driven, smart, beautiful... And she dates like a man: no commitments. But the funny thing is, for us (Gen Y) men are waaayyy more in touch with their emotions that men have ever been in history!

So only naturally, I created Jaye, my male character. This type of relationship is VERY common nowadays--women being like alpha males and men being more nurturing.

Kenyatta: I hear women call into the M.Baisden show all the time with that way of thinking

Kayona: Yes, I hear it too. Jaye is a man who wants to settled down, wife, kids, the whole story. But what does he get? He gets J... And it is not a mistake that they have, essentially, the same name.

This story touches on more than just an entertaining "boy meets girl" typical encounter. This is the picture of a generation that I think shows us what we're doing and introduces, perhaps, some ways to overcome this circle of mistakes and heartache.

Kenyatta: So will we hear more from J and Jaye in your next novel?

Kayona: Ah-ha! Yes, Tenth Letter is part 1 of a 2-part story. There is key element that needed to be introduced that never comes up in Tenth Letter that will be essential in its sequel, One Word. One Word is completed and I plan to release it sometime in 2012.

Kenyatta: I almost forgot to ask. Are you now writing full time?

Kayona: Well, I don't have a fulltime job. I do run a record company and my writing (freelance) does fill in the gaps. I'm very close to truly being a fulltime artist/entrepreneur though :)

Kenyatta: Where can readers find you?

Kayona: www.facebook.com/kayona and www.facebook.com/kayonaebonybrown (fan page)My Website is http://kebonybrown.com

Kayona: Thank you so much for your time!

Kenyatta: No thank you, and I look forward to reading more of your work.