This was gonna be a tweet about how many books I'd read. And then it got too long even for twitlonger. So I'm posting here for the first time in over a year lol. Um...hi? *waves awkwardly
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I find your numbers very interesting. Wonder why the inequality in writing? I know it's pretty rampant everywhere, but this still surprises me somewhat.
I don't know if it comes down to those who make the decisions about who gets to write the tie-ins or not many women *want* to write them? I find the latter unlikely, but I guess it can't be ruled out completely.
Yeah, I dunno. I have read 21 books this year so far. Of those 21 books (mostly trilogies), only... 3 male writers. No, 4.
It all depends on what genre you're reading in, I suppose. John Barrowman writes with his sister because his sister was a published writer before they started to write together. I read the Mazerunner trilogy by James Dasher and was disappointed by the last 2 books in the trilogy. I read one book called Lockdown (also part of a trilogy) but it was so bad I didn't continue reading. It's actually so bad that I didn't even list it having read.
The Stargate SG-1/Atlantis book I read was written by a female. The urban fantasies and chicklits I read were written by a female.
As far as I know, Carole wasn't published before because in an interview John said he was glad that he was able to help her realise her dream of becoming a published author. However, they have written a few books together now.
I agree that genre plays a big part in things, obviously some genres are more male dominated (war/fighting type stuff), where others are more female dominated (romance). I would have expected sci-fi to be fairly evenly split. I'll have to gauge it when I go to a bookshop again.
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I find your numbers very interesting. Wonder why the inequality in writing? I know it's pretty rampant everywhere, but this still surprises me somewhat.
*ponders*
*hugs*
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I don't know if it comes down to those who make the decisions about who gets to write the tie-ins or not many women *want* to write them? I find the latter unlikely, but I guess it can't be ruled out completely.
*snuggles*
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*drags open my read list for this year*
Yeah, I dunno. I have read 21 books this year so far. Of those 21 books (mostly trilogies), only... 3 male writers. No, 4.
It all depends on what genre you're reading in, I suppose. John Barrowman writes with his sister because his sister was a published writer before they started to write together. I read the Mazerunner trilogy by James Dasher and was disappointed by the last 2 books in the trilogy. I read one book called Lockdown (also part of a trilogy) but it was so bad I didn't continue reading. It's actually so bad that I didn't even list it having read.
The Stargate SG-1/Atlantis book I read was written by a female. The urban fantasies and chicklits I read were written by a female.
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As far as I know, Carole wasn't published before because in an interview John said he was glad that he was able to help her realise her dream of becoming a published author. However, they have written a few books together now.
I agree that genre plays a big part in things, obviously some genres are more male dominated (war/fighting type stuff), where others are more female dominated (romance). I would have expected sci-fi to be fairly evenly split. I'll have to gauge it when I go to a bookshop again.
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