Hey Ya’ll!
I figured to start off this new miniseries I would stay on-brand and do the first ever post about Kristin Cashore, author of the Graceling trilogy and “Jane, Unlimited”, and my all time favorite author.
Kristin Cashore got rid of all of her social media, save her blog, because she felt it was interfering with her writing schedule? She also says that she was upset by some of the things on social media, specifically some of the hate mail she gets:
“I’ll also mention one other not-insignificant reason why I made this decision: as a female writer who creates female characters who sometimes (sometimes!) choose to have sex outside of wedlock, not to get married, not to have children, to self-sterilize, generally to make their own decisions rather than do what society tells them they’re supposed to do, a disturbing number of the emails I received, back when I was receiving emails, were from haters. And seriously, who needs that? The flip side of this coin is that unfortunately, now I don’t receive those wonderful emails from women thanking me for presenting these types of female characters, either. But I know you’re out there, readers — I meet you at festivals and receive snail mail from you — and you sustain me.”
That’s it for today’s post, stop by tomorrow to learn more about the author of the day.
