[danyl]

What about sleep?!
Not doing my self any favours, but still :D

[piglover4551]

lol:D but i think ppl relate easier to points of view of their gender too....anyways...o..have to go...darn..cant start a long response

[Nightblade]

Yeah, I've noticed quite an emergence of female fantasy writers down here which is pretty cool in my books. Sometimes you can see differences between the gender of the author in how they write but it really depends on individual style and experiences and expectations of others.

I really don't think gender makes much difference in how one writes their story but, sadly, people will think it matters. I'm all for equal representation in literature and every other field so its nice to see authors blur the lines of what we conceive as stereotype and those that are exclusive from it. Granted there are obvious biological differences that set the two genders apart but they're both pretty similar and both capable of doing good and bad things.

Personally, I like writing stories with female leads in both fantasy and SF. I prefer the company of women than men in whatever scrap of socialising I get and that's what I feel comfortable with. I guess I choose the gender of my characters, no matter how subtle, for political 'pro-femnist' reasons and go from there. In the end though, it doesn't really matter as long as they drive the story for whatever purpose the author has intended for them. Man, Woman, Boy or Girl; it's makes no difference really. All are human, all have faults and strengths. Trying out different perspectives is a good learning process. ^^

Anyway, I'll stop myself now before I start to rant anymore. Interesting dicussion point though but I'll say individual style takes precedence over a particular gender of a author when I'm looking for something to read.

[piglover4551]

wow..very good points...hmmm....I think another reason i gernerally perfer books with a female point of view or main character is because i have read more books like that than with a male character. So because ive read more books like that i tend to like them more, but really if i read more form a male point of view or character im sure i would like both equally...that is if the books in gerneral you are comparing the characters from are good. anyways, here i go rambling...i tend to do that alot *sigh*...once again..very valid points dragonstorm

[courtusa8]

yeah I like books shown through a womans point of you. I've been reading a lot of feminist books lately. like Pride and Prejudice, good old classic. the arthurian mists of avalon was pretty good w/the whole showing how women were treated. Like some girls were married off at fifteen and got pregnant like soon after.. yuck.. sad life! of course that was a looooooooong time ago.... thank god things have changed! anywayyyyy. I really like the pellinor series w/ Maerad. she such a strong character! Its so cool the fated one is a girl. Most of the characters really arent that sexist in the books besides enkir. sooo yeah.

[Rinoa]

Yeah, I probably read more books with female leads. It doesn't make it better, per se, I'm just more used to it.
Maerad rocks.
So what are some books with good guy leads?

[StarLily]

LoTR wasn't bad, and HP was okay too

[Rheingold]

There's the Rowan books by the author who wrote the DeltoraQuest books (Emily Rodda?), and the Bartemaeus books, and Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies. And the Joust books by Mercedes Lackey.

In general, I usually prefer reading books that have both male and female heroes; when I'm writing I usually have the story from about seven or eight characters' pov's at the same time, and I try to balance between male and female characters....And I try to write the kinds of books I like to read. :)

Lately though, I've found it much easier to identify with the male characters I've created rather than the female ones, which kinda-sorta confuses me....:rolleyes:

[StarLily]

i forgot the crow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek: how could i?????? *slaps self*

but i think your right rheingold, cuz im currentyl writing a story (trying to :o) and the main character is a girl, and it gets confusing because i don't know. its harder to write about her than my male characters.

[Rinoa]

Its fun to write both girl and guy perspectives. But its really fun to write from the perspective of a dude that's in love. I don't know why. It just...is.