What inspired you to write about sexual exploitation?
I was inspired to write about sexual exploitation because of my experiences as a teenage runaway who was forced to rely on sexual favors in order to obtain the necessaries of life: food, shelter, safety from the violence of the streets and from other predators, even a place to take a shower, a ride to another town, a job.
Author, Jill Starling, shares about her encounter with Rob Morris, co-founder of Love146, which is what inspired her to write her debut novel about child sex trafficking, St. Agnes’ Place. She explains the research involved, discusses her writing life, and recommends a documentary with Rachel Lloyd, founder of GEMS: Girls Educational & Mentoring Services, revealing the life saving and life changing work they do.
What inspired you to write about human trafficking and sexual exploitation?
Many years ago, Rob Morris, co-founder of Love146, a non-profit international organization that fights child sex trafficking, spoke at my church. What he said struck a chord in me; I couldn’t believe how in this day and age, children were put on display to purchase for one’s sick perversion. When I decided to write my novel, I wanted to bring attention to this awful epidemic that is occurring in other parts of the world. Once I started researching, I learned that it was happening just as much here in the United States, in our own backyard!
What research did you have to undertake before writing the book? How did you go about that and what was entailed?
I spent months reading books, magazine articles, and anything else I could get my hands on which spoke about child sex trafficking…
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Anti-human trafficking activist, Michelle Sweeney, is in the booth for the first in the special series of interviews scheduled for January, which is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Michelle’s interview is educational and practical, as well as touching and inspirational, as she takes us through her own personal journey.
How did you become involved in the movement against human trafficking?
I was listening to a late night radio show one night in November 2011. I had never heard of human trafficking before and as I listened to the content of the show, I quickly found out that not only did human trafficking happen in our world today but that it happened in the city I lived in. As I continued to listen to the show, they explained how everyday people could help in this area by raising awareness in their communities.
That was it, in that moment, I was convicted that I should be doing something about this but not really knowing where to start, I decided to look it up on the internet and do some reading on it.
A couple of days later, I decided to start a petition asking for greater preventative measures to be put…
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