Thanks for this response, Vena. I completely agree with you that no one else can write your story and capture your emotions and experiences especially not a white writer. It’s a personal decision for all of us, but the five people I would choose just know a lot of dark secrets about myself and my past and have, at times, felt what I felt. Of course I would like to write my own, but the biggest constraint for me is and always will just be the time it takes.