All my life, I have read African American gay books. My first book was James E. Hardy’s “B-BOY BLUES.” It was an excellent book to read, and I purchased “The Invisible Life” by E. Lynn Harris. I found myself part of the book in this beautiful storyline because it felt like a gay soap opera. It was engaging with the characters he created was fantastic. After reading these books, I wanted to find a book that portrays me as a Big Boy. After a few searches, I could not find one book about a big boy, chubby, thick, football build, big-boned, and fat, that was the main character of a gay fiction book. So, about ten years ago, I sat down and just started writing. At first, I didn’t know what direction I wanted the characters to go until it hit me. I decided to start over, use NYC as a city background, and then make my characters all Big Boys. In my book, I have the intelligent and sexy trying to find love in their way. Now ten years have passed, and I closely wrote to 300 pages where I gave up because I felt that if I could not find myself sexy, how I could write about a character that is sexy?
After finding love for myself and being blessed to have a man who loves me, I did feel better about myself but did not go back to finish my book. My husband was cleaning the house and found my book asking me about my book. He stated that you need to finish this book for all the big boys out there that are looking for love and want to learn the Big Boy Swag. So I dusted off the book and started on revisions. Received help with editing and placed the story into a three-part series. Here now, in the present, I am so proud of how Big Boy's presentation has become. You can see the groups and Big Boy Clubs in Atlanta, New York City, and Houston representing all-Big Men of Color on Facebook.
