My inspiration for my stories comes from
reading books, watching all types of shows or
just simply doing something and then all of a
sudden an idea pops into my head and I just
run with it.
My favorite story character is "Dali Sanchez-
Carter". Her story I have been writing for 4+
years to be precise. She takes after me, I love to
give each of my characters a piece of me but
when I created her I decided to give her more
than just my name. She has my ethnicity, she's
Latina from Puerto Rico and I thought it would
be fun to give her something that's her own
and made her half Ethiopian. She also has my
personality, she's spicy, funky, clumsy, sweet,
smart, ambitious, compassionate, loving and a
giver. She has my birthday, June 27th, my
zodiac which is cancer. You would say she's like
my Simself but she isn't, her backstory is
definitely not my story. Dali is a character who's
been through so much since she was 5 yrs old,
lost both her parents while they were serving
our country in the Navy, her Godfather was her
parents’ best friend and also served in the Navy
with her father as a Navy seal, he raised her in
China and there she learned their culture,
language, Kung Fu and so much more. Once
she graduated school she moved back to NY,
life wasn't as pleasant as she imagined it to be
but she didn't falter and found solace in joining
Law Enforcement, to help people and bring
justice to those who were too scared to speak
for themselves or give a voice to those who no
longer were alive to do so. After many years
and countless times putting her life in danger,
she realized she wanted more out of life and
she wasn't going to get that being a cop. So she
retired her shield and moved to California and
there she used her inheritance and build her
own film production business as well as many
charities, she found her soulmate Arjun
Bhandari-Carter, they got married, adopted a
dog, a Pitbull and named major, recently they
welcome their loved child Carmelo Angel Carter
into the world. They have been living life to the
fullest and enjoying every moment even though
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