What Is Strong?
The call for strong female characters is often met with pursed lips and furrowed brows. What exactly is a strong female character?
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Six Figures and Counting!
I’m not talking money, just the word count on my novel Wynde.
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How Raising the Bar for Women in Storytelling is Good for Everyone
How does this relate to the message of my blog? Sometimes people hear the message “we need more and better portrayals of female characters” and misunderstand it to mean that the women expressing it want the portrayals of male characters to be brought down a notch. This is an unfounded fear, though. Just like I’ve seen in my cross-training as an artist and an engineer, better portrayals of female characters will only make their male counterparts, and the stories they are in, that much better. Here are a couple of examples I noticed this week in the television industry.
Read moreGetting to Know You – Introducing Characters to the Reader
Introducing characters to the audience is one of the hardest parts of writing a novel, and the fangirl is still reading, writing and learning as she goes.
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Shaping a Heroine – A Father’s Daughter
The more I write, the more I’ve come to the determination that writers really do write what they know, and if you really want to know who you are, it’s as simple as looking back at what you’ve written. Ultimately that requires being critical of your flaws and weaknesses. And it’s true, self-awareness can be a bitch sometimes. When I started creating my heroine, Vespa Wynde, I realized that she, like me, would be defined by her family. Most importantly her parents – Daemyn Wynde and Utara Fireheart.
Read moreFANgirl Interviews Andrew Goletz of GrayHaven Comics
Recently I had the chance to interview Andrew Goletz, the founder of GrayHaven Comics.
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Novel Title Revealed and Teaser Trailer
The title reveal for my upcoming novel, and its teaser trailer.
Read moreWhere’s Team Bella?
At the stroke of midnight, Twilight’s fourth entry, Breaking Dawn, will premiere on the big screen.
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The Clone Wars Comes to Umbara
Did you watch last Friday’s episode of The Clone Wars?
Read moreREVIEW: Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors
As I prepared my review of Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology by Jennifer K. Stuller, I found myself jotting down some comments about fandom, feminism, and storytelling that I wanted to share in the introductory blog post. Some turned into more – then a lot, and I reconsidered how to present all the ideas the book had inspired for me. So I’m keeping today’s post short; I don’t want a voluminous blog with my own commentary to overshadow how important Stuller’s book is.
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