Hello, my name is Dominic Charles and I am a writer. Through these books, I've reinvented myself. I'm a complex man, and I know it. I was born and raised in Maryland and was raised by my mom. When I was younger, my dad was around, but not as much as I needed him to be. He wasn't a strong driving force in my life, and I think lacking that paternal presence was a part of what messed me up so much. I followed my cousins more, and what they did with women. I was close with my mom, but she passed away when I was sixteen. Since then, I've felt like I was alone.
I didn't come into my own until my senior year of high school. Before that, I was the nerd, the ugly duckling, and no woman wanted a part of me. Then I matured, I grew, and I came into some money. It turned me into an asshole. I started buying things, doing things on my own, i got my own place. On top of that, I found out that I was good at football, like really good. It gave me a whole new level of arrogance. Girls, money, talent, I thought I was unstoppable.
When I moved to GA, I learned more about myself and how to deal with women. I also started learning more about black culture and attended a black college. I began learning more about social justice issues and things that I wanted to change. At that point, the money started running out, which humbled me more. Eventually, I decided to move to Florida to reinvent myself. When that didn't work, I started leaning on women more to take care of me. But history started repeating itself. Women started using me, denying that they were with me, cheating on me with men who had more money than I did. It broke me. I became numb to the idea that anyone would ever love me.
There were a lot of dark days in my life. I lost people who were close to me (my mom, my dad, my grandparents, my sister). I was betrayed by people. Those events are what shaped me and they drive my writing. But finally there's a light at the end of the tunnel. I've grown a lot since I was that arrogant teenager. I'm more aware of the why behind the things that have happened, and I've learned from it. I'm glad that from all the hardships I've faced, something good was able to come from it.