I will post questions that I get emailed to me or in person. I figure, if these questions are asked by one person then it may mean other people want to know as well.
So, if you have more questions for me, email me at Lwarir@yahoo.com
I will use your initials only
So, if you have more questions for me, email me at Lwarir@yahoo.com
I will use your initials only
Hi my name is N.L. and I recently read your Destinee series. I really enjoyed it but it left me wondering.
Why was the first story clean but the other two had sexual situations?
Thank you for taking the time to reach out to me and enjoying my books. I wrote the first book in the series over 15 years ago. My premise back then was for clean romances for African-American readers. I made sure I put a disclaimer in the blurb so that readers knew the clean one would eventually morph into a more realistic view of relationships and romance.
The readers who adored the first book came to me divided. Some loved the clean aspect of the story, some wanted some action between Destinee and you-know-who.
You can’t please everyone, but I decided to spice up the other two books because—Destinee’s life had changed and I wanted to reflect that in Two Become One.
In the 3rd book--Born out of Lust. Jazzlyn is completely opposite of who Destinee is and I wanted to cover a different kind of protagonist. Thank you again for your readership.
“I want to read about BLACK MEN! and BLACK WOMEN! in love.”
To be fair that wasn’t asked directly of me, but it was said in my presence at a book showing where one of my inter-racial romances was prominent on my table.
Where do I start? Ok, never mind the fact that I had Black romance novels also prominently displayed on my table, but this person focused on the IRR on my table and got loud to boot.
Personally I felt it was rude. She could have come to me directly and asked me why write inter-racial romance? So, since I know this is a question that will eventually come to me I will tackle it now. IRR is hot right now, particularly Black women/White man romance.
Could be because of #Scandal—you know, the whole #Olivia Pope, Fitz affair. I don’t know, but I do know IRR is not going away any time soon. My main focus is Black romance, but as a writer we have a multitude of characters residing in our heads begging for their stories to be told.
To be fair that wasn’t asked directly of me, but it was said in my presence at a book showing where one of my inter-racial romances was prominent on my table.
Where do I start? Ok, never mind the fact that I had Black romance novels also prominently displayed on my table, but this person focused on the IRR on my table and got loud to boot.
Personally I felt it was rude. She could have come to me directly and asked me why write inter-racial romance? So, since I know this is a question that will eventually come to me I will tackle it now. IRR is hot right now, particularly Black women/White man romance.
Could be because of #Scandal—you know, the whole #Olivia Pope, Fitz affair. I don’t know, but I do know IRR is not going away any time soon. My main focus is Black romance, but as a writer we have a multitude of characters residing in our heads begging for their stories to be told.
