Where do authors come up with the ideas that drive the stories we create? The serious issues that we deal with in life become part of our entertainment in the books we read. Award-winning author KR Raye discusses the use of dark elements, while also ensuring her stories are also uplifting and hopeful.

K. R. is the author of "The Colors Trilogy," "The Colors of Friendship," "The Colors of Love," and "True Colors." K. R. is the 2013 Foreword Reviews Book of the Year finalist, and the 2014 National Indie Excellence Awards finalist, and the Readers' Crown finalist