I tend to write with blinders on. I pretend, to some extent, that no one is ever ever going to read what I write. Otherwise my internal censor starts kicking in. If I worry about what my mom will think, or friends, or people at work, it cramps my style and I end up with a stilted, repressed version of what I should have written.
Fortunately, I'm fabulous at compartmentalizing my life. Day job goes here, writing goes there, people go over there. I don't like certain things to mix. Otherwise it gets messy.
Of course once I publish it will probably all end up mixing, even if I use a pen name. But I refuse to censor myself over what so and so might think about a particular scene or fantasy. I can't do the writing thing and please everyone. So I guess in this case I have to think of myself and not worry about anyone else.
Still, it is amusing to think of my conservative family reading certain love scenes of mine. lol. It will be good for them. Or at least it will give them something to talk about for the next few years. :-)
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