#Diversityinlove Black people are real, Vampires are not. Can you relate?
Growing up, I wasn't a fan of romance novels. I know. Sounds strange, right. But I got tired of stretching my brain to turn blue eyes brown, porcelain skin tan and long blonde hair into an afro. So, I read three books and decided that I was done with these love books because obviously they didn't reflect my life and my reality. What's more romantic than a war hero returning home and getting married on Christmas Eve. That's a real story, my mom and dad's to be specific. Of course, I've been told that I can't write about their love story. However, I'm inspired by them every time I sit down at the computer and open up blank document. Then there's my sister, married to a Marine and a cop, 25 years they've been together, faced a war —like Desert Storm— and held each other through some real life loses. She also told me that I am not authorized to tell her story. Yet, when I sit down and plot my Marine romance, I think about my sister and my broth...