Monthly Archives: March 2015

Who’s allowed to write about what?

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Pat Bowne

The day after I write a post comparing rules for writing female characters to pickled fish in a jar, Amanitta Forna compares the activity of categorizing writers and deciding what they’re allowed to write about to collecting butterflies. As dead … Continue reading →

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Rose Red Review, Winter 2014: response 1

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Pat Bowne

Living up to my demand that bloggers actually review SFF instead of just telling us how it should be done. Though I am not good at the straight review, more at musing about things… anyway, the boom in SFF short … Continue reading →

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You’ve told me how, now show me why

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Pat Bowne

In the last two weeks alone, I saw three articles on blogs I follow about how to write realistic female characters. But how many of those bloggers review books that contain realistic female characters? This seems to be a pattern. … Continue reading →

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And to make it even worse…

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Pat Bowne

I was the only person at my club’s discussion of The Worm Ouroborus who thought its ending was horrific. Everyone else had a nice discussion about the history of fantasy and Norse mythology and mountain climbing, while I sat in … Continue reading →