Anna Sansom Interview: Writing & Thriving for Visionary Writers!

Written By Sally-Shakti Willow

In this interview Sally-Shakti Willow & Anna Sansom get juicy in our conversation around writing Erotica, queering language and gender, and whether it might be possible to write erotic fantasy as a way of manifesting a hotter s*x life...
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We talk about the power of writing to explore our hidden desires, work with our shame and traumas, shift our internal narrative and make real change in the world.
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More about Anna:
Anna Sansom is a queer cis woman (pronouns: she/her) who is endlessly curious about how we experience and express our unique sexual selves. She started writing erotica over two decades ago, has had a full-length erotic novel published and several short stories in anthologies and online. She also used to write the Sex/Life pages for DIVA Magazine, and was runner-up in the Good Sex (Writing) Awards ‘Erotic Touch’ category.
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In 2019, her most intimate work to date was published: Desire Lines. Part memoir, part erotica, and part poignant questions for the reader, Desire Lines invites us to ask the questions that lead to greater understanding and enjoyment of our sexual selves.
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Here's how you can connect with Anna!
Website: https://annasansom.com/
Facebook: @AnnaSansomWriter
Instagram: @Anna_Sansom_Writer

Sally-Shakti Willow

Writing my PhD in Utopian Poetics showed me what it means to be a writer. I wrote four books of poetry and a 50,000 word thesis, and I started journaling as a way to ground and heal myself.

While I was studying, I also wrote and maintained the Contemporary Small Press website, writing regular reviews of new fiction and poetry published by small presses. I was on the judging panel for the 2018 Republic of Consciousness Prize for literary fiction from the small presses. So I was reading a lot of great writing too. And I co-developed and taught a series of workshops called WELLBEING WHILE WRITING for doctoral researchers at the University of Westminster.

WELLBEING WHILE WRITING used practical techniques from Creative Writing pedagogy to support PhD students of all disciplines with the work of WRITING their thesis. I also used my knowledge and experience of yoga and meditation to provide MOVING & BREATHING FOR WELLBEING workshops to graduate students at the University.

I’ve been teaching English since 2004 and I’ve been teaching Creative Writing at the University of Westminster since 2017.

https://www.writingthriving.com
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