Interesting article in this month’s Clarkesworld about the role of women in genre fiction, including a long discussion on women in urban fantasy.
The take away for me was whether or not I was falling into the same “traps” in my WIP – a strong female lead who’s so much one of the boys that she really is just a boy in a dress. I hope future readers of my book see both of my female leads for what they are – women who kick ass because they are individuals, not because they were typecast or convenient to the story.
Bah!
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