Author, Kate Elliott has a thoughtful essay about women as victims here
http://www.kateelliott.com/wordpress/?p=539
I know in my own writing I try to come at a story from the victim's point of view. Sometimes I succeed, other times I fall into the same old trap of victimizing the victim.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Stephen King Interview
Does it get any better than Neil Gaiman interviewing Stephen King?
http://www.discordia19.com/main/2012/4/9/neil-gaiman-interviews-stephen-king.html
http://www.discordia19.com/main/2012/4/9/neil-gaiman-interviews-stephen-king.html
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Pulp Metal Magazine
Just had word from Paul Brazill that Pulp Metal has gone to a quarterly publication schedule and submissions have changed to invite only. http://pulpmetalmagazine.wordpress.com
Anthology Call
Eric Guignard is editing another anthology this year. This one is called "After Death" and he's looking for spec-fiction short stories about what may occur to someone after they die. 2000 to 7000 words with a June 30 deadline. Payment is 1cent a word. The publisher is Dark Moon Books. You can find all the details here http://ericjguignard.blogspot.com/2012/04/open-submissions-new-fiction-anthology.html
And a big thank you to Katherine Tomlinson for the link!!!
And a big thank you to Katherine Tomlinson for the link!!!
Grand Science Fiction
Now this is an interesting new market. "Grand Science Fiction" is looking for spec-fiction stories of EXACTLY 1000 words and 100 words. Each month a 1000 word story will be published with the 100 word stories filling in the rest of month. Pay is 5cents a word and the reading period for the first issue is April 7 to May 7. You can check out all the details here http://grandsciencefiction.com
A Woman's Place
Cat Valente has a great post about "a woman's place" here http://yuki-onna.livejournal.com/675153.html While I did read this post recently, it wasn't the one that I read this morning that inspired my post. http://yuki-onna.livejournal.com/675690.html This is the post and I'm not sure how I slipped up on the link.
The truth is, I'm kind of tired of all this virtual bra burning. It shouldn't be necessary in this day and age. But I'm sick to death of being told my words aren't as powerful as Joe Smoe over there because I'm a woman. I actually believed that all this shit couldn't happen in the writing world, that it was the words that mattered, not who wrote them.
Writing should be gender blind, but it isn't. Women shouldn't have to use their initials or a male pen name to be accepted as a writer. We shouldn't be required to turn our female protags into a mirror image of their male counterparts. They shouldn't be required to have a boyfriend to complicate their lives and they shouldn't have to rescued by some big strong man.
Women can take everything a man can and with more grace. Don't think so? They survive childbirth, spousal abuse, and rape and still get up in the morning and cook breakfast and go to work. Life goes on, it doesn't stop for a woman's pain and discomfort. A man get sicks and he drops on the couch like a ton of bricks and spends the day moaning and groaning about how bad he feels. A woman gets sick and she's still expected to cook the meals and get the kids to school.
I don't watch "Mad Men" because it just instills the belief that a woman's place is in the home and if she's working, well, she must be a slut. I laughed when women protested the show "The Playboy Club" last fall but didn't mutter a word about "Pan Am". Same idea, their clothing was just a little less revealing. And yes, I worked as a waitress back then and my ass was considered up for grabs by any male customer who walked through the door. Not to mention my touchy-feely boss. I was barely eighteen but I learned fast how to avoid grabby hands.
The more things change, the more they stay the same, especially for women. Okay, I'm done now.
The truth is, I'm kind of tired of all this virtual bra burning. It shouldn't be necessary in this day and age. But I'm sick to death of being told my words aren't as powerful as Joe Smoe over there because I'm a woman. I actually believed that all this shit couldn't happen in the writing world, that it was the words that mattered, not who wrote them.
Writing should be gender blind, but it isn't. Women shouldn't have to use their initials or a male pen name to be accepted as a writer. We shouldn't be required to turn our female protags into a mirror image of their male counterparts. They shouldn't be required to have a boyfriend to complicate their lives and they shouldn't have to rescued by some big strong man.
Women can take everything a man can and with more grace. Don't think so? They survive childbirth, spousal abuse, and rape and still get up in the morning and cook breakfast and go to work. Life goes on, it doesn't stop for a woman's pain and discomfort. A man get sicks and he drops on the couch like a ton of bricks and spends the day moaning and groaning about how bad he feels. A woman gets sick and she's still expected to cook the meals and get the kids to school.
I don't watch "Mad Men" because it just instills the belief that a woman's place is in the home and if she's working, well, she must be a slut. I laughed when women protested the show "The Playboy Club" last fall but didn't mutter a word about "Pan Am". Same idea, their clothing was just a little less revealing. And yes, I worked as a waitress back then and my ass was considered up for grabs by any male customer who walked through the door. Not to mention my touchy-feely boss. I was barely eighteen but I learned fast how to avoid grabby hands.
The more things change, the more they stay the same, especially for women. Okay, I'm done now.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Men's Adventure Fiction
Over at the Pulpetti blog there's a post about a new anthology being complied of stories from the old men's adventure magazines.
http://pulpetti.blogspot.com/2012/04/anthology-of-mens-adventure-magazine.html
There's also a link there to a blog where you will find cover art from those magazines http://www.menspulpmags.com
http://pulpetti.blogspot.com/2012/04/anthology-of-mens-adventure-magazine.html
There's also a link there to a blog where you will find cover art from those magazines http://www.menspulpmags.com
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