What do you write?
"This is difficult to answer as my storytelling blends several genres of adult fiction. From historical to contemporary and even beyond, I write women's fiction. Told the way I feel it. Fiction from facts with a holistic view of relationships, faith, and love."
Why don't all your books have playlists?
"I want a reader to take their time and follow the ride with the characters. Be submerged in the time, culture, and location of the story they are reading. Part of the journey is to feel, process, and have the experience along the way."
You've said it's not romance. Why?
"As beautiful as they are, there is so much more than just the development of a love story. I create time and space for a foundation to build upon. Character personality, backstory, and in some cases their evolution, as well as interconnecting relationships, are an important part of my writing style. So a saga, or epic women's fiction, is more accurate. especially since conclusions may not take a reader where they expect to go."
What has been your experience as a self-published, indie author?
"I wrote the stories burning in me to tell, and its all my voice without compromise. It was an expensive risk, and it was challenging. However, I learned a lot about the business side, connected with amazing idividuals who support and share and I kept going."
What kind of challenges?
"I can say one was finding the right audience beyond my initial group because my style of storytelling doesn’t fit into a typical category. Only after I finished my first book did I realize where my work belongs. Not all readers want to delve deeply into people and situations that could force them to analyze themselves, as well as release emotions that can hit hard and fast like a tsunami."
Are there any characters most like you?
"There is a piece of me in everything."
What does success look like for you as an indie-author?
"My father would say to have them made into a mini-series, and Denzel Washington play him. Ha! When readers were not only moved but also inspired to explore. Having awareness, or even clarity of people, cultures, places, in history, and beliefs, while appreciating the similarities between all of us. Leaving a lasting impression that imprints beyond mere entertainment is very rewarding to me. "