Writing prompt #20: ARE YOU AFRAID OF OFFENDING SOMEONE?

Hi Everyone,

Sometimes the fear of offending someone holds back our writing, especially if that someone is a family member.

I remember how panicked I was when my first novel, DREAMING IN CUBAN, was about to come out. I did everything possible to externally disguise the character based on my mother: Lourdes Puente, the virulently anti-Communist bakery own…