Getting to Know the fun side of Toyi Ward, author of Par for the Curse
Toyi Ward is a freelance writer, author & media host who specializes in contemporary issues that affect working women. After ten years as a Fortune 100 sales & marketing executive, she launched Toyi Ward Communications, LLC, a writing/consulting company focused on the enrichment of working women. TWC contracts with e-magazines, websites, and print media to create fiction and non-fiction projects that examine issues pertaining to today’s woman.
Toyi draws upon her life experience and corporate training to facilitate workshops and lectures that enhance the lives of women at work and in their personal lives. She is the host of “TOYi Talk-Authenticity with Attitude” on the Blog Talk Radio Network. When asked, she credits her tenacity for tackling women’s issues from her name. “It’s one half of the South African toyi-toyi, the dance of protest. My parents named me well.”
Would you say you are an extrovert or introvert?
Definite Extrovert!
Do you like to cook? If so, what are your favorite dishes to cook?
I love to cook. I’m a kitchen gadget addict. I cook everything but some of my favorites are Morrocan Lamb, Lasagna, Homemade Pasta Sauce with spaghetti, Soul Food, and I love to bake.
What movie(s) have you watched recently that you would recommend?
I just watched Samuel Jackson in Lakeview Terrace. My goodness! He was a mess. After I finished The Secret Life of Bees book, I watched the movie and as usual, was disappointed in the movie version. My favorite movies are The Usual Suspects because it stumped me and Imitation of Life, a great family tale.
Do you like books being turned into a movie? If so, what is your favorite book-to-movie?
I think the books are always better than movies because you can go deeper in development, but I do love that the story gets out to more people in the movies. The closest book to movie match would probably be BELOVED because both the book and movie perplexed me equally. My favorite would be…Either The Women of Brewster Place or The Firm. Both I think did a good job capturing the story.
If Par for the Curse was turned into a movie who would you cast to play your characters?
• Alicia Keys as Lourdes
• Jada Pinkett Smith as Riley
• Thande Newton as Stormy
• Vanessa Williams as Beverly
• Angela Bassett as Lena
• Omar Epps as Brandon
• Boris Kodjoe as Ernie
Which social networks do you enjoy the most?
I love FACEBOOK. It’s been like the show “This is your life” since I joined about a year ago. I’m reconnected with everyone from grade school, HS, College, work. It’s crazy.
What’s next for you?
Whatever God has for Toyi Ward, I want it. I’m in a very uncomfortable place because I have no idea what is going to happen in my life from one day to the next. With the radio show, the book, my company, and my civic involvement, God could take me anywhere. As far as writing, I have started my next project. It tackles the secrecy of incest in Black families.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Stormy has grown up with the warning that she is cursed. Raised in a family of eight women with twenty-four husbands among them, she has managed to escape the family’s legacy thus far. Things begin to change once she is given the details concerning a hex that was cast upon her great grandmother over eighty years ago.
Managing the antics of her adulteress young cousin, Riley, exhausts Stormy. Comforting the heartbreak of her older cousin Lourdes, angers her. After a devastating turn of events on par with her birthright, Stormy decides to seek a remedy for the family’s plight. She travels to New Orleans determined to find answers. Along the way she faces a quilt of obstacles and a set of choices that challenge her reality. Will she reveal the information or continue playing the hand she was dealt by an angry young woman in the Bayou?
Par for the Curse reveals the influence of voodoo and the impact of generational secrets on family, life, and love.
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