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I Write to Create Myself
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Read More I Write to Create MyselfOctavia Butler: Writing Herself Into the Story
By Karen Grigsby Gates #30days30authors Octavia Butler used to say she remembers exactly when she decided to become a science fiction writer. She was 9 years old and saw a 1954 B-movie called Devil Girl from Mars, and two things struck her. First: “Geez, I can write a better story than that!” And second: “Somebody got paid for writing […]
Read More Octavia Butler: Writing Herself Into the StoryShould You Be Doing Something Else?
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Read More Should You Be Doing Something Else?A Change in World View
#30days30authors I have always tried to grasp why it is that women are regarded as somehow lesser than men in our culture. It never made any sense to me. Even now, some people seem to feel it’s okay to disregard my opinion on everything from science to politics to warfare, simply because I was born […]
Read More A Change in World ViewWe Need to Ditch the “Strong Female Character”
Clickbait title. Also, I disagree with her premise. We have to ditch the strong female character because most mainstream writers seem to f*ck it up? No. We need to teach them what it means. But otherwise, the article is very good, and makes a lot of excellent points. Growing up, I loved hearing the words strong […]
Read More We Need to Ditch the “Strong Female Character”Wonder Woman: A Holy Communion
Why all the hullabaloo about Wonder Woman? Why is this movie such a big deal? Why has it become, as a writer who’s opinion I respect has put it, “a feminist hill to die on?” And why did it matter so much to me? Source: Wonder Woman: A Holy Communion
Read More Wonder Woman: A Holy CommunionFrom Dark to Dark: Yes, Women Have Always Written Space Opera
Every year or two, someone writes another article about a genre that women have just now entered, which used to be the province of male writers. Usually it’s some form of science fiction. Lately it’s been fantasy, especially epic fantasy (which strikes me with fierce irony, because I remember when fantasy was pink and squishy […]
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5 Women Writers Who Have Made Space Opera Their Own
Image: Photo of C.J. Cherryh in the plane she pilots. Elizabeth Moon’s new novel Cold Welcome is a sci-fi thriller about a space fleet commander unexpectedly thrown into a life-or-death situation with an untested crew. It’s the first space opera that Moon has written since her Serrano’s Legacy novels wrapped up about a decade ago. […]
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