Diane M. Hinds

Conquerabia is book 2 in the writing process. When I near completed book 1, I was advised that it could be two or three books and decided that I wanted to start with my protagonists' Great grand mother and show the strength of character through generations, inspired by my time on the island of Trin...

Another great question. I would say Mable and Adisa for different reasons. I liked writing about Mabel's strength under adversity and then about Adisa and her development as a character. I loved getting lost in my characters and imagining what it would be like about the late 18th Century.

This is a great question and yes, there was one scene that was particularly meaningful to write. Adisa gives a talk about an encounter with a privileged young man who taunts here. Something similar was said to me a while ago when I was in New Jersey. I remember when that remark was made to me, I ...