TheMarySue Casually Smears Romance (REBLOG Heidi Cullinan)
Heidi Cullinan nails The Mary Sue for a lazy, unresearched, hetero-only smear piece on romance writing. Not sure how I missed it, because it is good reading! Read More
Casting the First Tweet – Why Someone Else’s Gender Is Not About Me
When I decide to do something the hard way I like to have a good reason. Wiring the home network with spare ports and power means adding peripherals is easier in the long run. Developing a character with a researched career and life history means smoother first drafting and a more complex book that readers like better. If there’s no good reason to do it the hard way, I can be as lazy as the day is long.Read More
A Truth Universally Acknowledged – Just Like That Now on Nook and Kindle!
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – the original romance. One of the first novels to focus on the social and financial realities of women in her era, and to feature a female as an equal protagonist, it ends with love triumphant.
Just “For Girls?” How Gender Divisions Trickle Down
This. All of this and more. Our feeds are full of ire about men who don’t get it. A lot of men do, so I’m sharing just such a case. Men can draw the line from what kids read, to bullying, to how women are treated in society. Read More