"Why I Write Love Like This"

I didn’t grow up seeing love like mine in the books we read in school. I didn’t see it in the movies they told us were “classics. "I didn’t hear it in the sermons. I didn’t see it on magazine covers.

Black. Queer. Faithful. Flawed. Beautiful. That kind of love? That kind of truth? It was invisible. Or worse erased.

So, I started writing it. Not because I had the perfect words. But because I had the kind of heart that had been broken and rebuilt enough times to recognize love in all its forms—messy, tender, sacred, bold.

I write characters like Dywon and Eli, because I know what it means to feel unseen in rooms where your light should’ve been celebrated. I know what it’s like to hold grief and grace in the same breath. To search for God in a lover’s silence and find healing in a stranger’s kindness.

My stories aren’t just about romance. They’re about reclaiming space. They’re about truth. About sitting in the tension of identity and faith. About community, and how chosen family sometimes saves us when blood family couldn’t.

So, if you’re reading this—welcome. You’re not here by accident.

Whether you’ve loved someone who didn’t know how to love you back…Whether you’ve ever had to rebuild your faith after religion tried to break you…Whether you just want to read stories where Black queer characters live, grow, and love deeply—

You’re in the right place.

This isn’t just a blog. This is a home. For the stories that deserve to be told.For the people who’ve waited too long to see themselves reflected in the light.

I’m Ace Creed.

And I write love like this—because someone out there is still waiting to believe it's possible.

Stick around. The stories are just getting started.