A gentle reminder that what an author owes you is their best work. That's it. I get the pull of parasocial relationships and how social media's accessibility makes people feel like they know an author and so are entitled to private info, but no. No more than we are to yours.💖
I'm open about certain aspects of my life and things that have happened to me because I feel moved to speak about them in the name of creating change/letting people know they're not alone--but what and how I share is something I think deeply about first.
Boundaries matter! On both sides of the author-reader relationship. 💖💖💖 They're how we maintain healthy spaces for everyone involved.
One last thing: I remember when @corinneduyvis came up with the #OwnVoices hashtag. She NEVER intended it to be weaponized against authors. Please don't do that now. Publishing as a whole is the thing that needs to change, not individuals keeping their private lives private.
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