The Importance of Full Transparency

Roxanne Jones: Maslow's hierarchy of needs says that before we even get to write a book let alone live off the royalty checks we need food, water, shelter, clothes, sleep. And if we have all those things and still have some money left over to pay for health insurance, writing snacks on the internet only then do we get to think about writing full time. So I remember when you made that huge leap and it felt like a leap, at least to me, to go from a 911 operator to writing full-time. Can you tell us about that moment when you you made that was a huge decision?Jones: At one point in my life I could not look