Now you know why Mary Ann Evans chose to write as George Eliot, and E. Nesbit didn't go by Edith. Or, for that matter, why J.K. Rowling clung to her initials.
In children's writing circles (they let me hang out on the fringes of these), it's often pointed out that the field is overwhelmingly female, and yet the award winners are disproportionately male. I don't think for a minute that men as a group are better writers, or that women are, either. It may be that there's a nebulous sort of "male perspective" that is more valued in our culture, and because it appears more rarely in children's books, it's likely to be noticed and acknowledged when it does appear.
I have no idea what a "male perspective" is, however.
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Date: 11/10/07 01:51 pm (UTC)In children's writing circles (they let me hang out on the fringes of these), it's often pointed out that the field is overwhelmingly female, and yet the award winners are disproportionately male. I don't think for a minute that men as a group are better writers, or that women are, either. It may be that there's a nebulous sort of "male perspective" that is more valued in our culture, and because it appears more rarely in children's books, it's likely to be noticed and acknowledged when it does appear.
I have no idea what a "male perspective" is, however.