tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post23454071516952608..comments2024-01-05T05:46:30.140-08:00Comments on Angie's Desk: Bad Girls?Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-82515478029659773962010-09-24T00:25:01.213-07:002010-09-24T00:25:01.213-07:00Steve -- thanks. Hopefully I at least knocked a r...Steve -- thanks. Hopefully I at least knocked a rock or two loose. [crossed fingers]<br /><br />Suzan -- my commiserations. :/ You know, I think this is one of the reasons there <i>are</i> so many romance offshoots springing up, like women's fiction and chick lit and the female-protag end of urban fantasy. There seem to be a lot of people who want to read female-centric stories which are romantic to a greater or lesser degree, but who want something more than what genre romance gives them. It's frustrating, and so unnecessary. :/<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-1150719470086710622010-09-23T18:23:48.578-07:002010-09-23T18:23:48.578-07:00*sigh* I really wish I could argue with your poin...*sigh* I really wish I could argue with your points, but I've been on the receiving end of the very criticism you mentioned because my female characters aren't "traditional."<br /><br />*grin* Ironically, the only female lead UF series my husband will read is Saintcrow's Jill Kismet. Saul and Jill's relationship is "the closest thing to a real marriage" he's seen in fiction.Suzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-33266924204351849432010-09-23T16:28:24.477-07:002010-09-23T16:28:24.477-07:00That was one well-aimed barrage at the Boundary Wa...That was one well-aimed barrage at the Boundary Walls of Genre. <br /><br />Well-aimed indeed...Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-22916963172080321832010-09-23T15:11:50.574-07:002010-09-23T15:11:50.574-07:00Kate -- thanks. :)
Is your WIP a romance? If so...Kate -- thanks. :)<br /><br />Is your WIP a romance? If so, just the fact that your protag is over 50 is boggling in and of itself. Everyone knows old people can't fall in love and don't deserve romance or relationships. [cough]<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-72648671690653936562010-09-23T10:25:24.730-07:002010-09-23T10:25:24.730-07:00Excellent post, Angie - my "bad girl" i...Excellent post, Angie - my "bad girl" in current WIP is past 50. Ya think a grown up woman with some experiemce can get past the labels? Me neither, I guess...!<br />Kate ThorntonKate Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449435177807306686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-38531971084957887552010-09-21T08:10:54.914-07:002010-09-21T08:10:54.914-07:00Charles -- probably true, about the "bad girl...Charles -- probably true, about the "bad girl" thing being an advertisement aimed at men. In the mainstream romance genre, though, ninety-some percent of the readers are female, so.... [sigh]<br /><br />The publishers are responsible for a lot of this, in what they acquire and how they market it. But when someone does manage to get into print with a rules violation, it's the (mostly female) readers who do most of the howling and snarking. Very depressing, for the 21st century.<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-88647745042996984432010-09-21T07:59:45.830-07:002010-09-21T07:59:45.830-07:00Definitely the criticism seems misplaced when dire...Definitely the criticism seems misplaced when directed toward an urban fantasy. I think the term "bad girl" has become a virtual advertisement and is quite probably meant to attract men more than women.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com