Dispatches from the Crone Wars

The Horseblog is taking a break this week, because I have this irresistible desire to get ranty, and where better to rant on this subject than right here at Crone Central?

Yes, Book View Cafe was founded by older women writers who, in 2008, saw the writing on the wall of publishing, and knew it was time to explore new ways to get their words out there. And yes, early on, there was, here and there, a mutter of dismissal: “Oh, it’s just a bunch of women who couldn’t make it any more so they got...