Ann Aguirre
Ann Aguirre
Ann Aguirre is an American author of speculative fiction. She writes urban fantasy, romantic science fiction, apocalyptic paranormal romance, paranormal romantic suspense, and post-apocalyptic dystopian young-adult fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
broken way damage
We're broken in complementary ways, thus rendering our damage comprehensible to each other.
wings way limits
Now I know there are ways to belong to someone that don’t take anything away. A relationship shouldn’t impose limits—and if it does, then it’s wrong. A lover should help you exceed your potential, not clip your wings.
heart body way
There are quiet ways to die where the body just doesn’t notice that the heart is gone.
worry matter way
Don't worry he tells me tenderly. It doesn't matter who you've been, who you are, or who you become. I'm with you every step of the way.
moving past way
Sometimes the past needed to stay buried; it was the only way you could move on. And sometimes you had to dig it up, because that too was the only way.
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I've tried to be inclusive in my '2B' series. Over the course of three books, I wrote African-American characters, a paraplegic character, gay and lesbian characters, a bisexual, Jewish heroine, a multiracial hero, Korean and Chinese-American characters, and a multiracial supporting character.
acceptable less
I am a woman. I write SF. And it's not acceptable to treat me as anything less than an equal. I won't stand for it.
aware broader since stories
Since becoming aware of the need to be inclusive, I've tried to make my stories broader and more representative of our world.
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My life experiences are different than the average person because I've spent the last 10 years living in Mexico. I generally don't know what's going on in America, and when I do visit for work, I'm often interrogated about my life choices by random strangers.
afraid career excluded held
I've held my silence when I probably shouldn't have. But I was in the minority, a woman writing SF, and I was afraid of career backlash. I was afraid of being excluded or losing opportunities if I didn't play nice.
people
The people I write are real to me, and basically, they tell me about their environments on a need-to-know basis.
people easy rest-easy
Maybe I was just one of those people who couldn't rest easy unless things went catastrophically wrong.
hurt distance people
Yet sometimes being a friend meant letting people do things that hurt, like putting distance between you, just because it made them happy.
men portrayed prizes women won
Too often, women are portrayed in two ways: as prizes to be won by men or as damsels in distress.