Being a minority writer myself, I feel some of the same pain she describes. In many ways, I'm always writing the other, because I rarely draw upon my own life experiences for my fiction--like Laura Anne Gilman, I believe that "Write what you know" means learn more, not write less. I want to use my imagination. I don't just want to be a reporter (though those skills are very useful, craft-wise); I want to create.
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Maybe you should have moved to some place less interesting than Portland. As it is, you'll be constantly tempted to use life experience.
Nah. I'm great at ignoring things.
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