Hey! Welcome to the Tales of a Diamond. My name is Diamond D. Johnson and I’m a five-year, Urban Fiction author, with 70 books up under my belt. I’m born and raised in tropical Miami, Florida and reading and writing has always been a big passion of mine. Some of my favorite authors are Wahida Clark, Erick S. Gray, Shavon Moore, and Nika Michelle. One of my favorite things to say is that “Wahida Clark walked so I could run” and I say that because it was because I picked up a book of hers and I became inspired to write a book of my own. Before writing become my full time job, I was going to school full time, seeking an degree in education, working part time at Publix supermarkets, while reading at least ten books every month. I knew that I wanted to write a book one day of my own, but to me, I just didn’t know where to start. This was one of those things, where I had to just do it! I did so much research and nothing really prepares you and there will never be a guideline, that shows you the proper way to write your first book. The talent is deep within you and it’s just a matter of you finding that talent and being brave enough to show your creativity with the world. For me, writing just started out for something for me to do on my free time. There was a strong means for me to write a book, simply because I knew I had the talent and because I would spend countless amounts of hours reading other authors crafts, so it was time for me to put my talents to work. Never in a million years did I ever think that I would have written 70 books and that writing would be my career. I wouldn’t change this for anything in the world because when I wake up every morning, I’m content with knowing that I have a career doing something that I enjoy, even though this is a very demanding career to be in. On my free time, when I’m not writing, I enjoy spending time with my family, going to the mall, especially shopping for my daughter because I love fashion, and I also enjoy watching movies.
As much as I love writing, I have big dreams to one day turn all of my material into movies and I would also love to one day write for films. The passion that I have, the drive, mixed with the motivation, I’m a firm believer that my hard work will take me very far. Before I close, I would like to leave you all with one important thing and that’s, “What’s for you is for you!” When I say that, I’m referring to the fact that all of us will have our time to be great. Seven years ago, I was eighteen years old, entering my first year of college, with high hopes of becoming an elementary school teacher. I later on changed my major to criminal justice because I no longer sought any interest in becoming a teacher anymore. With a degree in criminal justice because the plan was to become a probation officer, after I switched my major, I’m currently doing something in my career totally out of what was planned for me. There was a time in my life, where I was questioning when my great moment was going to come. I had friends graduating from college, buying homes, starting up businesses, and I questioned God when my special moment would come. Here I am, five years later, 70 books later, and I’m living out my great moment every time that I open up my laptop and work on a new book. My special moment was just on His time and there isn’t anything else in the world that I would rather be doing with my career.
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Yours In Urban Fiction,
Diamond Johnson