My motivation to write Love and Mental Illness was God. I always wanted to write a book but I didn’t think I could. I started writing in my journal about two years ago. I started my journal with the relationship in the book. I had no idea at the time that was the beginning of something bigger. When I would tell people about that relationship, everyone said that would make for a good movie. I wanted to turn my journal into a book, I didn’t have all the pieces though. Honestly,