When people ask me what my book is about, the first thing that comes to mind is “a little of everything.†It’s about love at its realest. Life at its hardest and joy at its most satisfying. It is just as much about the love that we have for others as it is about the love that we have for self. But most importantly it is about finding, receiving and accepting the love of God. I know there is a lot of “Christian fiction†out there. I have never read a Christian fiction book and I wouldn’t put As I Am in that category. In fact, before putting pen to paper, I struggled with how I would tell my story, stay saved, and still get my point across. The answer came to me clear and simple: Just tell it.
So in essence, my book is based on a true story. I like to call it faction. The names and situations have been changed to protect the innocent as well as the not so innocent. I didn’t water it down for the religious folk. But I didn’t compromise for anyone else either. I was tired of reading about one’s walk with God as if it were an uneventful process. People kill me fronting like they came out the womb holy and shouting scriptures.
As I am is about the process of life, the process of love, and the process of acceptance.
