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Tag Archives: women
The Female Badass Comes, Goes, and Returns?
I mentioned on Monday how I have some confusion around the narrative surrounding female protagonists. I’ve seen pushes to have them be less feminine, Mary Sues, or caricatures of the entire concept. The reason this confuses me is that I … Continue reading
7 Tips to Female Brawlers
We’ll see if I can actually come up with seven tips. All of these are going to be opinions because I’m aiming primarily to avoid the ‘mountain of muscle’ woman that many think is the only option. So, let’s see: … Continue reading
The Brawling Heroine
So, the scene above is from the anime ‘May I Ask For One Final Thing?’ and the protagonist is the woman in red. Basically, Scarlet’s abusive arranged fiancée announced he was calling it off to be with the pink-haired girl … Continue reading
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Tagged author, balance, brawling, female, femininity, fiction, fist fight, heroines, masculinity, men, punching, women, writing
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Ghost Month: The Ladies
I started from THIS SITE and went hunting from there. First, the lady ghosts all get their colors from the dresses that they wear: White Ladies These are the most common type of lady ghosts. They are typically associated with women … Continue reading
Revisit: What Do You Want in Female Characters?
(Originally posted on July 18, 2013. Don’t think my mindset has changed much. Though, the one comment about my female villains not being whores kind of changes thanks to Desirae Duvall in War of Nytefall. I do think there has been … Continue reading
Happy National Author Day!
The meme says it all. Have a Happy National Author’s Day. To celebrate, check out the following books by clicking on their titles: Do I Need to Use a Dragon? by Charles E. Yallowitz The Tale of the Drakanox: Minstrels … Continue reading
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Tagged action, action adventure, action thriller, advertising, aliens, anthologies, Australia, author, books, Central Europe, collections, condor, crime, dark fantasy, detectives, dragons, ebooks, epic fantasy, family, Family Life, fantasy, fantasy horror, fiction, first contact, Florida, friendship, ghosts, glass ceiling, Great Depression, halloween, heist, historical fiction, history, holidays, horror, love, magic, memoir, murder, music, mystery, national authors day, New England, novella, promotions, psychics, quests, robbery, romance, science fiction, singers, supernatural, suspense, swamps, sword & sorcery, thriller, trilogy, trucks, trust, women, writing, young adult
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Poetry Day: Beauties and Beasts
(Think I was trying to write about the Windemere orcs here. This one is definitely a big mystery.) Opposites in nature Attracted to their cores The genders Like night and day Differences dueling In an endless dance Where one is … Continue reading
Women in the Lead
Women in the driver’s seat Bathed in the spotlight For more than romance Or to be a victim And nothing more than that * They fight like a hero Make mistakes like humans And get up when they fall Because … Continue reading
The Bad Girl: Is It a Worthwhile Character Type?
Way back in the first week of July, I touched on the topic of Bad Boys. I was asked by a few people about Bad Girls. It was noted that they tend to be called Femme Fatales, but that had … Continue reading
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Tagged Archetypes, author, bad boy, bad girl, characters, femme fatales, rebels, sex, women, writing
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