Do you have a preference between male and female authors?
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Re: Do you have a preference between male and female authors?
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I cannot stand female authors who write mlm romance. Some of them are good, but for the majority it's just such poor writing, oversexualisation of the characters, & a fundamental misunderstanding of how a romance between two men functions. To often they try to write mlm romance in a straight way, with one of the characters being a macho manly man, & the other a dainty author self-insert stand in. And it just pees me off real bad that random cishet women get praised for writing gay romance while actually queer male writers get completely ignored. (Some examples of this phenomenon are the author Rainbow Rowell, the Song of Achilles book, Heartstopper, etc.)
Otherwise, I can't say that it matters to me who writes the book in other genres. Fantasy, sci-fi, non-fiction, I'll read whatever really falls into my hands, I don't really care who the author is. So long as I enjoy the book, I really don't care
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And not to be sexist but I think female writers are more creative and write better stories but that is not to say male writers are not good. They are but they can be quite serious.
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