Interesting question…
A couple of days ago a girl called Maddie contacted me because she’s writing a research project on the topic of whether female characters in books are perceived more negatively than male characters. She wanted an author’s opinion and had a few questions for me, questions which I thought were really interesting to think about and answer, which is why I’ve decided to dedicate a whole blog post to this topic.
A lot of what she asked me isn’t something I’ve ever deliberately thought about before, but it’s interesting because I’ve had so many people contact me to say how much they love the fact that my main character, Alex, is so strong but also realistically flawed. It’s almost like there’s a craving in readers to experience ‘girl power’ like never before, but with characters they can also relate to.
Because of this, my publishers have been jumping on the #LikeAGirl hashtag…
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