Welcome
readers, writers, authors, and bloggers!
For the
third time this year, it’s the First Wednesday of the month when we celebrate IWSG Day, in the form of a blog hop featuring
all of the members of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. Founded by Alex Cavanaugh and fostered by like-minded associates, IWSG is a place to
share the fabulous views and exciting news that occurs along our fascinating
writing journeys. Pull up a chair and join us!
Our awesome co-hosts for this
month’s posting of the IWSG are:
Sarah - The Faux
Fountain Pen Jacqui Murray, Chemist Ken, Victoria Marie Lees, Natalie Aguirre, and JQ Rose!
It’s National Write A Letter of
Appreciation Week! If you were going to write one, what would your subject be?
My topic would be common business sense, but I don’t know who I’d address the
letter to just now. ;-)
Amid canceled book and movie
contracts, they’ve expanded the definition of cancel-worthy language – yikes!
Is “woke” still a word?
Now that Mr. Potatohead has been
reduced to just a potato, I wonder what will become of Gumby.
Literary
Agents, however, are always looking for new subject matter featuring unique
characters from diverse backgrounds cast in distinctively challenging roles. Well,
of course, we say. That’s what writers strive to do, we swear. And
that’s all well and good as long as we understand the ever-changing rules.
According to the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom, in the last ten years, Children’s books have been banned or challenged for inappropriate/unsuitable for the age group (in this day and age?), books for YA audiences for featuring a YA main character (because this makes sense?) Further, books containing diverse content were challenged or banned for diverse content.
Now that
treasured works by Dr. Seuss have suffered the fate of other greats such as
Anne Frank, Roald Dahl, and Dav Pikey, what message does that send to us, the
up-and-coming literary icons? We’ve got to be on our game, that’s what. Read
till our eyes peel, write our fingers to the bone, use every possible resource
available, and remember:
What do we
do when the sharpest pencil is still no match for the Big Eraser? Simple. We
use indelible words with a conviction that our work will endure and the world
will one day right itself. Again.
Has the
current “Cancel Culture” affected how you view your writing future? If so, how?
Now that you
know what’s been on my mind, what's on yours?
Until again, Happy Writing!
