#WeNeedDiverseBooks WRITING MULTIRACIAL CHARACTERS by Rachelle Ayala #literature #writertip

The Multiracial RealityThe settings for my contemporary novels take place in California. If you’ve been to the San Francisco Bay area or Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, then you know that the local neighborhoods and schools are a true melting pot or salad bowl of people from many cultures and ethnic groups.

This is my reality growing up and living in the present. So when it comes to novel writing, I write multiracial characters because I live in a multicultural environment. I’m...