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sfnovelists.com - 4/16/2009
How I write female characters
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But Marie — aren’t you a woman? Yes, I am. Do you really mean to imply that you write female characters in some different, specific way? No, I don’t. Thank you, Imaginary Questioner, for leading me to the exact point I want to make. Some years ago, a writer-friend ...

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April 17, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — ... Fantasy. David Steffen on What is "literary"? Maria Schneider on Does your partner support your writing goals? Sharon Wheeler on How to turn a crisis into a disaster. Justine Larbalestier on Books not earning out (updated). Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Illness. Mike Brotherton on Art and Science: Something Powerful in Common. Marie Brennan on How I write female characters. Thomas Sullivan on Making Love or Between the Covers (of a ...

SF Tidbits for 4/17/09
SF Signal — ... the latest episode of Cult Pop, Jim Hall interviews Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VandeMeer. io9 interviews Tron Guy Jay Maynard. In his essay Notes on Conceptual Fiction, Ted Gioia asks: "Did sci-fi writers from the 1940s and 1950s anticipate the future of serious literature better than the so-called "serious writers" or, for that matter, the highbrow critics?" [via Charles Coleman Finlay] How Marie Brennan writes female characters. John Scalzi offers up A Case Study in Vanity, ...

SF Tidbits for 5/16/09
SF Signal — Creative Review looks at minimalist science fiction cover art. Magical Words interviews Diana Pharaoh Francis, author of The Turning Tide. Jeffrey Somers offers free writing advice. Meanwhile, this is how Marie Brennan writes female characters. Tor.com goodies Lou Anders reviews The Insidious of Dr. Fu Manchu. Jo Walton asks: Where do you find out about new books? Peggy at Biology in Science ...

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