I notice a lot of patterns when I browse through books, online or in a local store. Obvious there a lot of literature with romance in it, usually focusing on male x female. There are also quite a bit with male x male couples. For me, it's difficult to find female x female focused stories.
From the tumblr of Sarah Rees Brennan, a YA author.
Response by Malinda Lo, another YA author.
Is this why I have a hard time finding female x female stories? And more male x male stories?
And truthfully, I would love to write such stories (not romance/erotic genres, just in my stories), but even MY default goes to male x female. I'm bisexual, by the way with preference for girls, though I've never dated one (they're hard to find...). So the fact that I haven't written about female x female couples is odd.
My main novel has two female protagonists, though they're sisters. So the elder sister gets into an aggressive, physical relationship with a guy. Even the younger sister had a relationship with a guy. I was thinking of making one of the other girls in the story like girls (particularly) the younger sister, though I'm not even sure how to portray that correctly. o.o
I want to write about female x female because that's what I like, and unfortunately I can't change the genders of any of my characters, because it's SO weird. And despite being bisexual, I'm not even sure how to show the younger sister being bi without SUDDENLY being bi. XD
Oh! Are there any books that have female x female romances? Anything fantasy/supernatural/paranormal would be super.
I suddenly realize this post might have no "reason". Let's just discuss? o.o
From the tumblr of Sarah Rees Brennan, a YA author.
Boys are taken note of more. The Demon’s Lexicon series, I’ve noticed, was on far more LGBT* lists than the Lynburn Legacy series—which, I’m not saying I deserve to be on any lists, I’m just using myself as an example, and I’m not saying I don’t love Jamie and Seb of TDL because I do—even though the LGBT* characters and their relationship had more pagetime and narrative centrality in TLL. I’m saying, I also saw Rachel Hawkins’s Hex Hall on fewer lists than similar-sellin’ books with gay male supporting characters. I’m saying the dismissal of girls is an endemic problem.
Boys’ stories are considered better and deeper, as we can see by, for instance, how many Printz winners and Printz honours have male or at least dual PoV rather than solely female PoV (hint: the vast majority). This sadly does not go away when the boys are LGBT*—their LGBT* stories are considered more important.
Response by Malinda Lo, another YA author.
It is a risk to write about lesbians — in YA or otherwise.
Is this why I have a hard time finding female x female stories? And more male x male stories?
And truthfully, I would love to write such stories (not romance/erotic genres, just in my stories), but even MY default goes to male x female. I'm bisexual, by the way with preference for girls, though I've never dated one (they're hard to find...). So the fact that I haven't written about female x female couples is odd.
My main novel has two female protagonists, though they're sisters. So the elder sister gets into an aggressive, physical relationship with a guy. Even the younger sister had a relationship with a guy. I was thinking of making one of the other girls in the story like girls (particularly) the younger sister, though I'm not even sure how to portray that correctly. o.o
I want to write about female x female because that's what I like, and unfortunately I can't change the genders of any of my characters, because it's SO weird. And despite being bisexual, I'm not even sure how to show the younger sister being bi without SUDDENLY being bi. XD
Oh! Are there any books that have female x female romances? Anything fantasy/supernatural/paranormal would be super.
I suddenly realize this post might have no "reason". Let's just discuss? o.o