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Guest post at the WOW! Muffin

I have a guest post over at the WOW! Muffin right now on defying stereotypes. It's about how some people assume that because I'm a mother, I must write for kids, and that I get some confused reactions when I say I write fantasy and science fiction.

What assumptions do people make about your writing?
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Published on February 11, 2013 05:01
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message 1: by Pete (new)
Feb 12, 2013 08:34PM

Pete Aldin There are this who knew me as a Pastor, so they expect treatises on grace or Mark's Gospel. Then there are those who know me as a life coach and they expect self help or goal setting to be my focus. Usually when I say "fantasy, sci fi, dark fantasy", one of their eyes kinda rolls outward for a second before snapping back into place and their facal muscles sag on one side.

I can't imagine how your situation must feel though. Because there's at least some sense to their expectations of me. But no one says to me "you are a dad, therefore you must write kids books".


message 2: by Beth (new)
Feb 13, 2013 05:56AM

Beth Cato Sadly, we're still in an age where women are supposed to only think of kids and romance books (and erotica, as the new trend), and it's fine for guys to read fantasy and scifi.


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