Monday, June 19, 2017
Congratulations to the winners!
My Goodreads book giveaway is over. Thank you to all who entered, and congratulations to the seven winners! Your books will be arriving soon. Happy Reading!
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
I Didn't Cry When I Saw Wonder Woman
Before seeing the movie Wonder Woman, I
saw some headlines like, “Why I Cried
During Wonder Woman.” I saw the movie. I didn’t cry, but afterward, I did
read one of those articles. The gist is that seeing kickass women, women who
aren’t slut-shamed even while being kickass, or who aren’t confident and
kickass as an aberration, but because that’s what they and every other woman
around them truly are, is so amazing to see up there on that big, beautiful
silver screen, that it brings tears to the eyes. Tears of liberation.
I’ve been told no my whole life, just like every other woman on the face of the earth.
And it was good to see Diana encounter that and not understand it. You can see
the confusion on Diana’s face when the men around her are telling her no. Every woman understands that
confusion. Every girl has grown up and come to that moment when she is about to
do something, but the people around her tell her no. To know that you are capable, and yet you are not allowed,
either because others assume you aren’t capable, or simply because of your
gender, not just once, but repeatedly – daily – can wear a person down. When
Diana does it anyway, that’s what brings people to tears. She shows everyone that
this is what women are, this is what we’ve always been – what we always could
have been if only we had been told yes,
every time we’d been told no.
It’s refreshing to see Diana do her thing
and to speak up – not in a whispered voice, but really speak up and state the
truth of things, to speak her mind like most other male superheroes do without
it being an unusual occurrence – without everyone in the audience thinking
someone is going to shut him up any moment now.
It’s ridiculous to think that the world
wouldn’t want half of its population to be this kickass. Why wouldn’t we want
every single person to use their capabilities? Why wouldn’t we want every
single person to have a voice? Why would we want to quash girls’ abilities so
often that as women, our kickassedness is hidden deep within on our own inner islands,
like the Amazons in the movie are hidden on Themiscyra.
Well, Diana has left that island and broken
out into the world. This has brought some women to tears, but we’ve all known
about her. Every woman is her. Cry or
don’t cry, but remember this, she isn’t going back.
Friday, June 2, 2017
A giveaway on Goodreads!
My book, The Errand Rider is in a giveaway on goodreads, follow the link below for details and to enter for a chance to win a signed copy:
