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Feminism and Diversity

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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2. I don't know what an 'urban fantasy' novel is.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 09:18 AM

Mar 2015

But he's right about mysteries - there are a ton of good older female protagonists in that genre. Mrs Pollifax is one of my faves - not just an amateur sleuth, but an actual spy who is asked simply to pass info, then becomes a field agent on her own merits.

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Don't write a novel with an older, female protagonist [View all] DetlefK Mar 2015 OP

Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy has several interesting female protagonists enough Mar 2015 #1

I don't know what an 'urban fantasy' novel is. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #2

Friendly amendment— Demit Mar 2015 #3

If it was an older guy who wasn't James Bond? Yes, I would. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #4

Did James Bond and Jason Bourne not become agents on their own merits? Demit Mar 2015 #5

They were given intensive training (and in Bourne's case drugs, I think as well) Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #7

OK, I see now how you meant it. On her own merits = without formal training. Demit Mar 2015 #9

hmm. maybe i should take up writing after all. mopinko Mar 2015 #6

Make her take down Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #8

Julia Shumway, a main character in Stephen King's multi-character 'Under The Dome' is 'strong'. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #10