Research is very important. A lot of my obsessions are third person because I just like writing in third person. Authentic descriptions of African Americans and their hair type, which I had a long journey of learning how to write that way because growing up, the books that were provided to me in school never had a main character that looked like me.

So, when I developed my writing, I realized that I could not fully express or write an African American character until my mom let me read Beverly Jenkins, who is a black historical romance writer. She lists in the back of her books all the information that she had, and once I started reading those, I was able to develop how to write us and how we depict us. But I’m also in obsession with time-period fantasy, finding a hidden lineage or family secret, and almost always, my characters have some type of special abilities.