I think that the African-American lesbian community is a very invisible part of society. A lot of people don’t realize that we fall in love, we plan for the future, and we have ups and downs in our relationships. We deal with problems such as domestic violence, addictions, break-ups etc., all of the time. It was important for me to write about us and how we live, because there are so many people out there that feel that they are the only ones experiencing these issues. I also wanted to give our community a book that they can relate to on many levels. I think Jayne is. I created her to look like my dream woman but I gave her a personality of someone that I would hate to date. She is so interesting in how she deals with people. She is all for self and is devoid of emotions on the surface. She even amazed me sometimes. I love her direct, self-consumed, confused spirit because you never know what she is going to do. She is the woman that you love to hate and I would love to see her get caught off guard by love. I gave Delia a lot of my attributes, from my taste in women to how I interact with them. Our main difference is that I am very open with my friends and I hate being single.

Why did you write the book?

Who is your favorite character?

What character is most like you?

 

How did you come up with the characters?

I don‘t know. I guess we will have to wait and see.A lot of the personalities came from some of my friends or people I have known over the years. No character is a hundred percent of anyone. I just picked snippets of characteristics I thought would work well with the story. I think having my mother read the finished copy. I cringe whenever I think of her reading the sex scenes. It is so embarrassing. I worked as a Domestic Violence Detective for over three years and I have come in contact with a lot of lesbians involved in domestic violence relationships. Women can be just as brutal as men. A lot of the time they refuse to recognize that they are in a domestic situation because society tells us that only men that are abusive. Women are supposed to be nurturing and caring. I gave her an extremely violent nature because the reality is that women like her exist. Maybe through reading about her, women involved with violent partners will recognize the signs and get out of the situation. I don‘t know. I guess we will have to wait and see.

What was the worst part of writing the book?

How did you come up with Tracy and why did you make her so violent?

So What is next?