This blog posting by Leona Henry, on female authors in Fantasy literature, is definitely worth reading.
Treacherous Paths: Your Guide to Osten Ard
The online guide to "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn", "The Heart of What Was Lost", and "The Last King of Osten Ard"
Thanks for the reblog! This remains a serious problem with the publishing industry and I believe we have to fight rather than conform.
I totally agree, Leona. It’s sad that in this day and age, women are still fighting these battles. :/
Janny Wurts said thinsg turned for the worse with the new trends started by Twilight… All that progress from Ursula K. Le Guin’s time has been lost, it seems. For whatever it’s worth, I will light candle, even just one little candle is still better than the dark.
I saw Janny Wurts’ comments on Reddit, and I’m sorry the pendulum has swung back so far. It seemed like there was real progress in the 1990s, with authors like Wurts and McCaffrey finding real mainstream success. Hopefully, the pendulum will swing back towards equality again.