A lot of young women I've spoken to lately are writing under initials, middle names, anything that could afford leeway in sex identification. This shocks me. I thought that was over a long time ago. Take back your names, girls! Be Susie and Judy!

As for PW--it's bewildering. How can this happen? Their explanation is the worst part--that it's a straightforward tabulation.

Views: 2

Tags: PW

Comment

You need to be a member of She Writes to add comments!

Join She Writes

Comment by Kamy Wicoff on December 3, 2009 at 8:57pm
Really? This is fascinating. I wonder if we could do something on this for the site -- I wonder how many of our members use pseudonyms. Maybe we could do a survey to find out...?

Latest Activity

Rebecca Forster replied to the discussion 'Negotiations' in the group Small Publishers and Independent Authors
"My pleasure. Good luck. Let us know when your book comes out."
5 minutes ago
Meg Waite Clayton left a comment for V. B. Bernard
"V.B., Belated welcome to the novelist group. If you haven’t done so already, you might introduce yourself by telling us what you’re working on in the “Show Me Your Novel and I’ll Show You Mine” discussion. We do a live…"
15 minutes ago
Quanie Miller replied to the discussion 'What did you blog about today?' in the group Bloggers: Let's Make It Work!
"When your characters surprise you  http://www.quanietalkswriting.com/"
19 minutes ago
Marcy S Hatch replied to the discussion 'Negotiations' in the group Small Publishers and Independent Authors
"Thanks for replying - I appreciate it!"
28 minutes ago

Members

Badge

Loading…

© 2013   Created by Kamy Wicoff.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service