It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn`t want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me in her entirety because a lot of people just don`t like me and I don`t think they would be interested in reading about me, even in the fictiona...
It did not prepare me for writing or "Power of Attorney." However, what it did is that it forced me out of the DA`s office. I stopped getting that county check.
In some ways I`m still recovering from the trial. My health is not as good as it ought to be. I`ve gone back to practicing law and it seems to have taken a toll for whatever reason.
In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman. They were moved by the story - by the people as a whole - and not by the little things.
It`s much like writing a screenplay with someone else and that`s how we view it, I think.
