Why haven't I seen this before? L. Timmel Duchamp wrote a very interesting critique of A Civil Campaign ages ago. Lots of other good stuff at her site, too.
(Now I want to write SF with a gender twist; something I've wanted to do for awhile, but I'm apparently impatient at best when trying to write fiction - good starts and no followthrough).
You've seen the Tiptree award web site (http://www.tiptree.org/), right? Lots of good inspiration there.
I'm terrible at writing fiction; I simply don't produce plots. Most likely I should have started writing lots in fourth grade if I didn't want my stuff now to come out as if that's how old I were.
I haven't looked over the Tiptree award sight lately, but I'm pretty sure I've tripped over it. Worth a look-see again anyways.
(4th grade was probably the last time I finished an SF story. Well, actually, there were two stories, and one was to have been a serial, which was left on a cliffhanger, never to get to part two.)
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Date: 2002-03-22 11:41 am (UTC)(Now I want to write SF with a gender twist; something I've wanted to do for awhile, but I'm apparently impatient at best when trying to write fiction - good starts and no followthrough).
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Date: 2002-03-22 11:50 am (UTC)I'm terrible at writing fiction; I simply don't produce plots. Most likely I should have started writing lots in fourth grade if I didn't want my stuff now to come out as if that's how old I were.
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Date: 2002-03-22 12:01 pm (UTC)(4th grade was probably the last time I finished an SF story. Well, actually, there were two stories, and one was to have been a serial, which was left on a cliffhanger, never to get to part two.)