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Writing

Brainstormy

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1. I always wondered

Reply to CrispyQ (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:49 PM

Aug 2015

but I couldn't make myself do it for my novels. Do you think it has to do with genre? I mean, would chick lit or romance be taken seriously if a man was the presumptive author while literary fiction needs to be written by a male?

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Homme de Plume: What I Learned Sending My Novel Out Under a Male Name [View all] CrispyQ Aug 2015 OP

I always wondered Brainstormy Aug 2015 #1

In the other thread, someone mentioned that J K Rowling CrispyQ Aug 2015 #2

Fascinating. Sad but fascinating. nt valerief Aug 2015 #3