I’ve got just a moment and so I’m using this blog\u00a0to list updates and random thoughts for fellow writers and readers<\/p>\n
A thought: I’m thinking a lot about writers and self-censorship because I’m currently working on a novel that wants to be about sex. I learned at a novel revision retreat that I blush when I say this. I SO didn’t want the novel to go in this direction but it is. So each day I sit at my computer and wonder if I’m blushing as I write.<\/p>\n
An update:\u00a0I’m part of a great social justice blog focused on children’s and young adult writing. This means I’ll be posting about books that cross the boundary of\u00a0mannerly to talk about reality.\u00a0I love that concept because it’s what shakes up the world and makes people think about what they can do, how they can live, to make the world a better place.\u00a0Although I’ll cross-post my own blog entries on this site, you’ll probably want to take a gander. So go to www.thepiratetree.com<\/a> and\u00a0enjoy the dialogue!<\/p>\n An update: If I’m counting accurately, I have only four more weeks of classes and then a week of celebrating all things graduation before I can focus completely on my own writing. Don’t get me wrong, I love to see my students’ writing grow and mature. But I need that intensely focused world of the imagination too.<\/p>\n A thought: I can either continue with this or I can get back\u00a0to working on that novel that wants to be about sex. So back to it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve got just a moment and so I’m using this blog\u00a0to list updates and random thoughts for fellow writers and readers A thought: I’m thinking a lot about writers and self-censorship because I’m currently working on a novel that wants to be about sex. I learned at a novel revision retreat that I blush when … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,12,11,14],"class_list":["post-254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-graduation","tag-social-justice","tag-teen-sex","tag-the-pirate-tree"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1366,"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/1366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}