Ask the Author: M.E. Wright
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M.E. Wright
That's easy: I sent my own schedule. It doesn't matter if I wake up late because I stayed up too late the night before because I was fleshing out a side project or if I want to camp out in Immersed's VR cafe while I write.
In fact, the book launch for my debut novel, The Fatherhood Mandate, is being held in VR. That means that people I know from all over the world can join in the fun. My narrator will be offering a live reading of the first two chapters. I have giveaways. And, I'll be doing a live Q&A at the end.
No need to set up my books at a local bookstore and hope folks show up. Don't have a VR headset? No worries. You can attend via Zoom. Missed the invite? The party will be taped, courtesy of Immersed, and will be available for replay on VR 9 to 5 YouTube channel.
For me, the sky is the limit when I changed careers. I love what I do!
In fact, the book launch for my debut novel, The Fatherhood Mandate, is being held in VR. That means that people I know from all over the world can join in the fun. My narrator will be offering a live reading of the first two chapters. I have giveaways. And, I'll be doing a live Q&A at the end.
No need to set up my books at a local bookstore and hope folks show up. Don't have a VR headset? No worries. You can attend via Zoom. Missed the invite? The party will be taped, courtesy of Immersed, and will be available for replay on VR 9 to 5 YouTube channel.
For me, the sky is the limit when I changed careers. I love what I do!
M.E. Wright
I need to read Vox and Internment. I feel that these books give voice to women's concerns about where the United States could be headed. We are confronting social and environmental challenges and it seems easier for people to blame 'the other' than to sit down at the table and find the solutions that matter.
M.E. Wright
I've always been a fan of science fiction, myself. So, for me it's not so much a where, but a when.
Anne McCaffrey is one of my favorite authors. She's very well known for her Dragon Riders of Pern series, but if I had to pick a series, it would be The Talents. Can you imagine if you had the ability to see into the future, teleport spaceships, or even just hear other people's thoughts?
I would love to be a telekinetic. Lift that chair so that I can easily vacuum under it? No problem. Grab a book off the top shelf of my office without grabbing my stepstool? Awesome. Help out with a natural disaster by clearing away fallen trees or building materials? I'm all in!
Unfortunately, as much as I glare at that basket of laundry or that book that's just out of reach, I don't see having the ability to 'lift' any time soon!
Anne McCaffrey is one of my favorite authors. She's very well known for her Dragon Riders of Pern series, but if I had to pick a series, it would be The Talents. Can you imagine if you had the ability to see into the future, teleport spaceships, or even just hear other people's thoughts?
I would love to be a telekinetic. Lift that chair so that I can easily vacuum under it? No problem. Grab a book off the top shelf of my office without grabbing my stepstool? Awesome. Help out with a natural disaster by clearing away fallen trees or building materials? I'm all in!
Unfortunately, as much as I glare at that basket of laundry or that book that's just out of reach, I don't see having the ability to 'lift' any time soon!
M.E. Wright
Interesting question. I grew up with the mantra of 'my body, my decision' because I had the right to make my own decisions about my body. After all, abortion has been legal in the United States since 1973.
As I grew up, though, that right to bodily autonomy was systematically eroded. SCOTUS agreed that the anti-abortion protesters had a right to block access to clinics, even if abortion was not performed at that location. In 1992, SCOTUS issued the Planned Parenthood v Casey ruling. This created an “undue burden” framework, making it more difficult to challenge laws that were less than absolute prohibitions on abortion.
By 2007, the high court allowed Congress to ban specific second-trimester abortion procedures, even if this would protect a woman's health. And in 2020, the state of Texas implemented a six-week abortion ban, a time before many people even know they were pregnant.
But what was missing from the national conversation was something simple: If conservatives were so interested in the health and well-being of an unborn child, what were they willing to do about the men who had caused the pregnancy? And, what would they do if given the opportunity?
As I grew up, though, that right to bodily autonomy was systematically eroded. SCOTUS agreed that the anti-abortion protesters had a right to block access to clinics, even if abortion was not performed at that location. In 1992, SCOTUS issued the Planned Parenthood v Casey ruling. This created an “undue burden” framework, making it more difficult to challenge laws that were less than absolute prohibitions on abortion.
By 2007, the high court allowed Congress to ban specific second-trimester abortion procedures, even if this would protect a woman's health. And in 2020, the state of Texas implemented a six-week abortion ban, a time before many people even know they were pregnant.
But what was missing from the national conversation was something simple: If conservatives were so interested in the health and well-being of an unborn child, what were they willing to do about the men who had caused the pregnancy? And, what would they do if given the opportunity?
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