I hadn't noticed I had a sex bias until I posted my favorite authors to a list and the moderator commented that I seemed to favor female authors. Then I thought about it and realized that I'm much more likely to pick up an unknown female author than a male, because IMO females focus more on characterization, which is the most important leg of the character-plot-worldbuilding triad for me.
Also, in SF, male writers have a bad tendency to get all techy and info-dumpish (yawn). I agree with hinikuish that generally women write better dialogue, character, and character based drama. I avoid epics so can't say whether men are better at writing them. I don't have time for door-stopper books that go on for decades.
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Date: 11/10/07 04:32 pm (UTC)Also, in SF, male writers have a bad tendency to get all techy and info-dumpish (yawn). I agree with hinikuish that generally women write better dialogue, character, and character based drama. I avoid epics so can't say whether men are better at writing them. I don't have time for door-stopper books that go on for decades.