Comic-Con Saturday Roundup
I slept in. I sort of felt like today would be the craziest in the Convention Center, and it was pretty packed but the floor or the panels weren’t too insane.
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Who Should Write Strong Female Heroines? Women Don’t Always Get It Right
Most definitely I hope to see more women in creative roles not just at DC, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars, but everywhere. At the same time, I want women capable of effectively creating characters and storylines that women can relate to, or this Spaceship to Gender Equality in Scifi and Fantasy will take us nowhere fast.
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Fun Day Sunday – Yoda, Space Travel and X-wings
This Sunday started out as a beautiful morning and ended just as fine. I have a few things I wanted to share before the week kicks into high gear.
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Drawing In Readers with Point of View
FANgirl uses The Hunger Games to discuss the advantages and pitfalls of using First Person POV
Read moreWhat’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander
Why some recent news articles about Game of Thrones tells us we still have a way to go in getting the fangirl market the recognition it deserves.
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Star Wars Craft Book, X-wings and Superwomen
Review of the Star Wars Craft Book, thoughts on the fate of the X-wing Series and weighing in on the “superwomen ideal.”
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REVIEW: The Meri by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Review of The Meri by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, The Cantina’s first Book Club book.
Read moreSyfy Films: More Good News for Fangirls?
Syfy and Universal Pictures announced the creation of a joint venture, Syfy Films, which “will leverage Syfy’s genre expertise to produce human and relatable theatrical releases from the worlds of science fiction, fantasy, supernatural and horror.”
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