Lloyd Howard Carter was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1947, the third son of James Carter and Mattie Teague, who was born deaf and mute. As a child, he was embarrassed to invite friends over because his parents couldn't hear or talk. That pain of their handicap drove him for a long time; he became bitter and developed a complex about it. That pain weighed heavily on his heart & because he blanked it out and refused to face it, his options in life were limited. Rather than develop his potential, he tried to destroy it and everything around him.
By the time he finally got the courage to face the pain of his parents' handicaps, he had left a trail of emotional destruction behind him. Lloyd’s siblings and friends were disgruntled, but most importantly, the mother of his children was hurt and disillusioned, creating more pain.

Lloyd was a natural-born writer who honed his skills in the United States Federal prison system. Thus, he wasn't as free to get into himself and exploit his talents & potentials because of the pain barriers. Especially the pain of being an absent father to the two children he loved most. That's not to say he won't succeed as an author- he will. But there's no telling how far he could have gone were he free of the pain he had to endure.