Jen Cross
- Industry: Arts
- Occupation: Writer/Workshop facilitator
- Location: Bay Area, California : United States
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About Me
I am a freelance writer and facilitator of writing workshops for survivors of sexual abuse and of erotic writing workshops. I'm also a survivor of sexual abuse, and believe strongly in the transformative power of writing -- including erotic writing.
Your superpower is that you smell like dandelions whenever someone lies. How will you maintain your secret identity?
I gotta tell you, being someone interested in reveling in the truth, I think I wouldn't be all that interested in hiding this particular power! I love the smell of dandelions!
Interests
- writing
- editing
- reading
- erotica
- survival
- sexual abuse
- social change
- queerness
- dancing
- empowerment
- resistance
- faith
- poetry
- short stories
- creative nonfiction
- house music
Favorite Books
- Schneider
- Pat (2003). Writing alone and with others; Goldberg
- Natalie (1986). Writing Down the Bones; Lorde
- Audre (1984). Sister/Outsider; Lamott
- Anne (1995). Bird by Bird: Some instructions on writing and life; Pennebaker
- James (1997). Opening Up: The healing power of expressing emotions; Herman
- Judith (1997). Trauma and Recovery; Fox
- John (1997). Poetic Medicine: The healing art of poem-making; Hanes
- Staci (1999). The Survivor’s Guide to Sex: How to have an empowered sex life after child sexual abuse; Hollibaugh
- Amber (2000). My Dangerous Desires: a queer girl dreaming her way home; Allison
- Dorothy. Bastard out of Carolina;
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