Part of my hope -- and why I also posted this on my professional website and linked it to one of my main writing communities -- is that fellow writers may find this and think about these things more. Because really, living in this society, it is all too easy for us to fall back on old standards. I mean, I've been writing for YEARS and it took me until last year to realize that NO, I don't have to write about men if I don't want to. That if I want, I can write most of the main cast as women. And I bloody might well do that.
I hope writer-type-folk read this, and think about it, and start making changes in their own way. Because really, as writers, we're encouraged not to write about women. And if we must, they must be the Right women, the warrior woman, the woman who has carved out her place in a circle of men, with no other women there for her. Like there's some kind of limit on how many women you can have in a book. It's screwed up. And I hope people realise that and start to write stories where women and the friendships and relationships between them are deep and complex and important. I would love to read more books like these. :)
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Part of my hope -- and why I also posted this on my professional website and linked it to one of my main writing communities -- is that fellow writers may find this and think about these things more. Because really, living in this society, it is all too easy for us to fall back on old standards. I mean, I've been writing for YEARS and it took me until last year to realize that NO, I don't have to write about men if I don't want to. That if I want, I can write most of the main cast as women. And I bloody might well do that.
I hope writer-type-folk read this, and think about it, and start making changes in their own way. Because really, as writers, we're encouraged not to write about women. And if we must, they must be the Right women, the warrior woman, the woman who has carved out her place in a circle of men, with no other women there for her. Like there's some kind of limit on how many women you can have in a book. It's screwed up. And I hope people realise that and start to write stories where women and the friendships and relationships between them are deep and complex and important. I would love to read more books like these. :)