Authors and Adoption

My husband and I have made a very personal decision to begin the process to adopt children. We would like a boy and a girl, hopefully a sibling set, and hopefully at least 2 years old. That is the basics of what we want.

Now, this private decision comes with some very real and public thought. WHat does this mean for Cara North and Cali Kent? Does it mean anything?

I don't know.

Our worry is the same as any worry, that once someone determines that I write erotic romance they will not want to place children in our home. I know that sounds crazy, but I have had friends who are authors who have said parents have "visited" to ensure their house was not riddled with adult toys and such.

I know any parent, and when I become a parent,  will be concerned about (and want to meet) all of my children's friends and their parents, etc. I just hope that people are aware that Steven King has raised children and he hasn't murdered any of them though he writes horror. Other authors of all genres also have successfully been parents.

But I don't know how many of them have adopted children or what impact, if any their writing and the content of their writing had on that process.

If you know anyone who is a published author in any genre ans has adopted children, please give them my e-mail I would love to pick his or her brain about the experience.

If I have to choose right now between putting Cara North and Cali Kent away until after we have a family, I will. I just hope I don't have to make that choice.

Cara

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