Long time geek, fangirl, mother, and reader. I've got a lot to say, you might not like it all, but it will be honest and hopefully helpful.
"In the first draft I was going to tell you all about the things I learned while writing Promise of Shadows: how the stereotypes that you grow up with appear like cancer in your pages, sudden and unexpected; how you search for words that mean what you really want to say (like “nappy”) without having the gut punch of an insult; how you’ll agonize and worry that people will think all black women are angry instead of just your flawed main character; how you become terrified that you’ll become one of the voices of your race because you wrote one of the few characters of color in YA, even if you only are half black."