She started to write poems when she was eleven and began to write fictional stories at age twelve. She joined Wattpad as darnellij in 2014 but officially debuted as a published author in 2011, when her first story "Crashed Into You" was published under Bookware's My Special Valentine Desire imprint. A dozen more books have been published under her name Darlene Bollon up to this date, excluding the ones published under Lifebooks ("Chick Magnet," "Always in My Heart," and "His Maid is an Alien/Her Boyfriend is an Alien") and other indie publishing houses. She likes to explore and write in different genres, to improve her craft.