What's keeping me writing this week, late March edition
and I really #amwriting so much more than I get around to sharing!
It's me, Anne!
Weird and wonderful; doing my best! (My personal Substack where I share writing-in-progress and other stuff about my life: writing, reading, love, learning, adult-diagnosed autism and adhd, trauma, weird crafts, and whatever else I get into)
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Read 9 days ago and current, but nothing has been published for 17 months.
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Literally, a list of things keeping me writing in a given week.
Fear of the Unknown
Remembering Stories I Thought I Knew
What it felt like to face the man who sexually abused me in court
It felt strong.
Convicted. At last. For now.
Yesterday I and a few other people abused by my childhood coach saw him sentenced to prison in Texas.
Writing hangover
I have a writing hangover.
Suppose it’s a Saturday
It’s April Fools Day, and I can’t take a joke.
Prof. Whitney Goes to Austin
What a day of wonder.
Today in Austin
www.fox7austin.com/news/survivors-protest-texas-bill-child-sex-abuse-statute-limitations-austin-capitol
Texans, let’s do this!
Call, email, fax, visit your Texas legislators and get rid of the arbitrary “expiration” of the rights of sexual assault victims/survivors.
Pop Quiz, or, Report to my employer on the last three years after a “Sabbatical.”
(Dear reader, I know there is irony in speaking of truth and then redacting parts of this post.
On TV
The last thing I ever thought I’d be doing on TV news is talking about this!
A story about telling my story
When I decided in spring 2022 to make sure that the man who had sexually abused me in 1983 had actually been officially reported to law enforcement, I did so for my own peace of mind if nothing else.