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Joseph L. Wiess's avatar

My Valens Legacy series (written under my penname), for example, had a readership that was fifty percent women!

That's you? That was my favorite series from 2017-2022.

And yes, I can attest that he knows how to write female characters.

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John Van Stry's avatar

Yup, that was me. I mentioned in book 4 (I think?) that it was my pen name.

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Back Porch Writer's avatar

My wife opened up e-mail and was presented with that title. 😳

She thought it was funny once I explained the concept to her. 😁

Of course, I had an "Oh, no, John Ringo!" moment before that until I could decipher the meaning. 🤣

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John Hollowell's avatar

And here I thought this title would lead to a discussion about men in women's sports or some such. Turns out I was wrong, but it was interesting.

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John Van Stry's avatar

I hadn't thought about that.

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Kathy Traxler's avatar

If you had would these gems have been dropped upon our heads?

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John Van Stry's avatar

I honestly have no idea. I was mostly just trying to focus on writing advice to try an encourage people to write better characters.

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Francis Turner's avatar

Me too. Or at least in the same general area. I was thinking of the great Gun's and Roses song:

Take me down to transgender city

Where the girls have dicks and the guys have titties.

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Christopher Cosma's avatar

Now to forward this to the writers in my family -- ? ?

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John Van Stry's avatar

If they haven't heard the first comment being bandied around in writing groups or talked about in other writing forums, then it's time that they do! :-)

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