Mastodawn

Juliet E McKenna Jan 12, 2023

Elsewhere, an epic fantasy reader and recommender lists his 10 favourites of 2022 - 9 by male authors. I check his recent recs and don't see any books by women. I'm not naming or linking as he seems a nice guy, genuine fan, and such imbalance is widespread, persistent and almost never a conscious choice. It's still dispiriting as I've been writing about this problem for over a decade. Heavy sigh.
https://www.julietemckenna.com/?page_id=1428

#EpicFantasy #SF #SFFH #SFF #WritingCommunity #WritingLife
#writing

Equality in SF&F – Collected Writing

I’ve been writing about the subtle ways in which women writers are disadvantaged for a while now. If anything is to change, it’s important that we all understand the dumb systems involv…

Juliet E. McKenna

Show thread

Twoandamic Jan 12, 2023

@JulietEMcKenna This was me until I read The Thief's Gamble. I was 17 at the time.
Since then I have read dozens of books by women. My last 10 audiobooks have been written by women and I have thoroughly enjoyed every single one.