Entrepreneur talks about his new book

This article of mine was published in full on Digital Journal earlier this week. I thought I'd share some of it here.

When looking for ideas to write about I've found a number of stories recently that I feel deserve to be told and Sebastian K. Young's is one of them.

Sebastian has proven to himself - and I imagine to many other people - that with the right attitude you can do well in life no matter what it may hand you.

Sebastian was brought up by his grandparents in Beaumont, Texas. His mother was murdered when he was just two years old. Sebastian describes his Grandfather, Willie Young, as a “Superhero” who he says “gave him the tools to survive a life that would have taken the life out of so many”.

Sebastian explained that when he was growing up the events surrounding the murder of his mother “remained a mystery” and left a “painful void”. There was no conviction despite there being a suspect in the case. Sebastian tells me that the evidence was a lost after it was destroyed in a flood that occurred in the evidence room.

Today, Sebastian K. Young is a successful entrepreneur and a father of three children. He's a partner at Colbert/Ball Tax and he is also Executive Vice President of Coball Entertainment which tours artists such as The O' Jays, Mo'Nique and Cedric the Entertainer. Sebastian is also author of the book of the book “I Had Every Excuse To Fail, But I Chose None”.

Sebastian describes his debut book as being a “compelling story of tragedy, trials and triumphs". The book is divided into three sections, Growing Up,Lessons Learned and Forward Thinking and is based on Sebastian's personal experiences. He hopes his debut book will serve to inspire and motivate others to rise above their own circumstances.

In an excerpt from the book, Sebastian writes:

“The circumstances surrounding my mother’s death felt as fresh as the morning dew, mostly because so many things went unanswered and unresolved, namely convicting the murderer who committed that heinous crime....."

The article can be read in full here:

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/302429

Ground Report

Ground Report want news writers to contribute original articles to their site. I signed up for this a little while ago but haven't got around to contributing as much as I would have liked to it.

They want news stories from all categories. You can sign up here:


http://www.groundreport.com/register.php

The site are also looking for videos and images. They pay out by Pay Pal every month but I couldn't see any details on pay rates.

You earn according to the amount of page views that you get and you can find more about promoting your articles here:


http://www.groundreport.com/tips

I haven't used the site for a bit but it's a site that I'm going to look at it again.