I think there are plenty of girl-power books! Look at Meg Cabot...['cept I don't like reading any of those...]

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*sudders at the thought of a female Aragorn*

No, not like that, I just don't like how women are always portrayed as helpless and weak.

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what im startign to find in the world of female protagonists, is that they're too strong, they're accomplishing too much over too short a time, i think writers need to scale back, look at the big picture and see what real women would be able to accomplish

Ah, the fine line between girl-power and Mary Sue.

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I think its so annoying too! Every story save a handful have weak supporting female charries! I mean thats the wonder of this world now a days is that women can go just as far as their male counterparts and that we supposedly have equal rights though sometimes I think its untrue.
Like I used to have a friend who was one of the top contenders in her age division in dirt bike racing while her brother wasn'. But even though she was better and had a sponsor they wouldn't interview her or anything because I think she put it that it was really a guys sport so she shouldn't even be here.
It makes me so mad sometimes

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"Holmes is a little too scientific for my tastes -- it approaches to cold-bloodedness"

now thats stupid...

I love reading books with strong women character.s I agree that sometimes they do accomplish too much in a short amount of time, but I like the fact that women are portrayed more often now. I also love seeing women authors with bestsellers.

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I would like to be a bestselling author one day, but I have little to no faith in my writing. Almost everyone else does, but I really don't.

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at one point, I was alejandrah.

Exact same situation with my writing, Curran.



Yes! Excellent way to say it.

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yeah, and women who over come all odds,

Curran, remember, those who think that their stuff stinks, their writing is usually amazing...*nodnod*

haha! welcome to my world darling! i have written about a thousand first pages of my novel. the story is there, the words are not. i just can't decide where to start!


and, i have a strong female in my novel, ironically enough. not the protagonist though. more of a minor character. the hero is a guy, sorry ladies.

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I personally like stories where the main character is a guy, esp. when it's written by a woman.

A woman's idea of the male mind can be entertaining at times...

I think a great example of a woman that's reasonable is Torie O'Shea in Rett MacPherson's books. I simply loved the character in Killing Cousins...



lol! If you'd like a sample of my writing, I believe I have a story posted on the last page of the writers' club...

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at one point, I was alejandrah.

lol, just trying to think whats going on in our male counterpart's minds during school often gets a laugh out of my fellow females, especially wehn they're concentrating very hard.

i shall toddle over and check it out

Boys concentrate hard? The boys I know don't even think!

Please do, I love comments... XD!

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at one point, I was alejandrah.

haha. i wish mine was funny. it's not really though. i once wrote a narrative piece from as a guy during our historical fiction month...and ppl thought he was real

i dunno. i can't understand real life guys, but i can read epic heroes and book characters that are males really well

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