I would think a good part of it would be novelty and that gives it a marketing angle to play upon--oh hey, this is written by a man, that's different. Doesn't make it fair, but don't most things in publishing come down to money?
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Gudanov - May 10, 2010 7:45:12 am PDT #11343 of 28730
Coding and Sleeping
Aims - May 10, 2010 7:47:28 am PDT #11344 of 28730
Shit's all sorts of different now.
A dime a dozen, women's feelings are.
Can I have my $45,761,907.20 now, please? Thanks.
Barb - May 10, 2010 8:01:09 am PDT #11345 of 28730
“Not dead yet!”
Barb, you saw the Brontësaurus commercial, right?
I did, Tom-- it's been making the rounds of all the writing blogs and twitterverse. I think what makes it so funny, aside from the spot-on parody of the children's toy commercials, is the fact that there's still more than a few grains of truth to how publishing works/thinks.
Volans - May 10, 2010 9:31:33 am PDT #11346 of 28730
move out and draw fire
Because when a woman writes a romance, it's assumed that she's writing a wish of hers. When a man writes one, it's assumed he's not, and instead is attempting to tell the truth of the human condition.
Also, I've heard a lot of guys say that women can't write men, so the male characters in romance novels aren't realistic. (Because generalization is AWESOME).
erikaj - May 10, 2010 9:42:39 am PDT #11347 of 28730
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
People never tell me that. But I think "My, you have a good grasp of the male point of view," was code for "You're gross and swear a lot," Which now I'd accept as a fair cop, but I was much more insecure then.
Gudanov - May 10, 2010 10:10:22 am PDT #11348 of 28730
Coding and Sleeping
Because when a woman writes a romance, it's assumed that she's writing a wish of hers. When a man writes one, it's assumed he's not, and instead is attempting to tell the truth of the human condition.
I think there is a more general favoritism toward male authors in regards to literary merit. What is the image of a literary author, after all, a man with some silver hair smoking a pipe. A woman writing a romance gets a triple whammy in terms of literary merit, female, a genre that isn't considered one of merit (along with others), and lumped together with a massive number of writers making it hard to stand out.
Barb - May 11, 2010 5:38:39 am PDT #11349 of 28730
“Not dead yet!”
Oy, in the book I just finished, I had to slog through, no lie, a 103 word sentence/paragraph.
All punctuated correctly, so I suppose not technically a run-on sentence, but really dude? You couldn't have stuck a period in there somewhere?
Gudanov - May 11, 2010 5:41:28 am PDT #11350 of 28730
Coding and Sleeping
Impressive. That sentence should be stuffed and mounted on a wall.
Well, I suppose it's already stuffed.
Connie Neil - May 11, 2010 5:44:05 am PDT #11351 of 28730
brillig
You couldn't have stuck a period in there somewhere?
You smother his art! How dare you!
Sparky1 - May 11, 2010 5:44:16 am PDT #11352 of 28730
Librarian Warlord
One sentence, 538 words (it's a legal doc): [link]