Yesterday over at my group blog, Writers at Play, we were talking about how marketers sell products to women. Most of the time they (1) make it smaller (there’s a naughty joke there, but I’m not falling for it), (2) make it pink (and another joke I’m not falling for), (3) put rhinestones on it [...]
This week’s Danger Gal profile is on Admiral Brit “Stone-Heart” Bandar from RITA award winner and New York Times best-selling author Susan Grant’s latest release MOONSTRUCK. No fainting virgin here, Brit Bandar is the commander of the CSS Vengeance, a respected admiral, and a steadfast heroine well into her thirties. Grant twists around gender expectations [...]
(#32) 1. The guy walking around shaking people’s hands saying “Super Duper.” Even better, the look on his face when he approached me a second time and I said “You already super-dupered me, dude.” Priceless. 2. During one song two fans, who I have dubbed “Red Tube Top Girl” and “Mr. Chest” (because he wasn’t [...]
I’m blogging today over at my group blog Writers At Play about the Female Gaze and how advertisers are finally catching onto the kinds of economical clout women have had for a long time. Something the Romance industry is aware of already. Oh, and there’s beefcake too. I figured I should mention that since the [...]
