pondering heroines

Day 27: Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?

At my computer, and I very rarely write by hand these days. Only when I've turned everything off and gone to bed and am struck with something I must write. I have an idea "The First Step" may have been generated that way.


My Boy and I were talking earlier today about fantasy novels, which he has been devouring at a great rate lately. I didn't have much to contribute, being as how I have not been reading published fiction in any meaningful way for ages. But I was very interested that he noted most of the books he's read lately have female heroes - protagonists, perhaps I should say. And, that the one he'd read most recently with a male protagonist was so boring he could hardly get through it. (I don't know what proportion of his reading has been female authors, but that could well be relevant.)

I muttered something about how women characters could be more interesting than men in the same circumstances, but I didn't have a lot to go on as I don't know what he's been reading. But have any of you noticed this?

For a bonus, anyone got any recs for him?

( Bonus for DW readers only! Boy in gown. )

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Day 27: Where is your favorite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?

At my computer, and I very rarely write by hand these days. Only when I've turned everything off and gone to bed and am struck with something I must write. I have an idea "The First Step" may have been generated that way.


My Boy and I were talking earlier today about fantasy novels, which he has been devouring at a great rate lately. I didn't have much to contribute, being as how I have not been reading published fiction in any meaningful way for ages. But I was very interested that he noted most of the books he's read lately have female heroes - protagonists, perhaps I should say. And, that the one he'd read most recently with a male protagonist was so boring he could hardly get through it. (I don't know what proportion of his reading has been female authors, but that could well be relevant.)

I muttered something about how women characters could be more interesting than men in the same circumstances, but I didn't have a lot to go on as I don't know what he's been reading. But have any of you noticed this?

For a bonus, anyone got any recs for him?