Sallie BeatriceSo. How did I get here, to the place where I have now written ten of ten novels I plan to write in a color-coded collection? Well, first I changed my career. I went from working as a university professor of writing for mass communications and marketig to working as a corporate writer or marketing or communications manager or director. After working for a short time as managing editor of a national magazine, I figured it was now or never, and I began to study novel writing on my own. For years, I read, studied, and learned as much as I could before I found a way to commit to writing my first novel. Still feeling loads of fear and doubt about doing it, I finally took the plunge. I got started, and eventually, it all came together. I have now completed ten of the novels I have planned for a collection I call "Living in Color." I created my color-coded collection while giving a lot of thought to my intended audience. I created these books for readers who I believe are a lot like me because they enjoy reading southern-style, southern-told stories that are filled with romance, grit, and surprise. Every book in my numbered collection presents a different aspect of the distinct struggles of American blacks, including our points of view, our challenges, and our trials, and there's always plenty of romance, mystery, relationship drama, and suspense. Many of my characters create and run their own successful businesses. Many of my characters fall in love, get married, and have children. I want to always use my novels to help change negative mindsets when it comes to things such as wealth and marriage. Therefore, my books feature different characters facing different impediments to their life journeys and adventures while they are engaged in careers, wealth-building, romance, marriage, and fighting generational curses. In addition, sometimes, because of the world we live in, my character's stories include drama that is connected to the color of the skin God placed them in. Read More Read Less