Comments on: Are Female Crime Writers Pushed Aside?

By: Booksquare

Booksquare — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:25:37 +0000

I agree — and it’s not an easy issue to address. I found it interesting that most of the respondents in the series touched on this topic. There is an school of thought that you write what you know, but there’s also the fact that (clearly) a lot of readers enjoy certain types of stories and there are authors who write them very well.

If I can ever wrap my mind around all the nuances, I’m going to try to tackle the topic. Slowly. Carefully. And probably without a net.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:37:08 +0000

Yeah, I wish this had been picked up on more, but there was so much being thrown out that I’m not surprised it got buried. That said I was kind of dancing around the issue, because it’s really difficult to start questioning people’s intellect and breadth of knowledge and then apply it to how and what they write.

Never mind that my grandfather once said that it’s never a good idea to let people know that you’re smarter than they are.