Re: Something I've noticed

["Jay" <Swanrvr80@xxxxxxx>]

I wasn't going to reply to this post but after thinking about it I 
changed my mind. When writing Buffy/Willow fic it shouldn't matter 
whether the author is male or female, especially if the writing is 
about the relationship and not just the sex. There's good writing 
and awful writing by both sexes.

But...is there a bias against male writers in this genre? Should 
the author not admit to being male or female?

I posted a fic a while back called Stones In The Road. I mentioned 
in a post thanking people for their generous feedback that I was a 
male. Soon after that the feedback on that fic dried up. Now that 
could've been because the story had been completed, most of the 
members had already read the story or maybe they liked it early on 
but didn't like the ending or your guess is as good as mine. But 
maybe just admitting that I wasn't a lesbian made some readers 
dismiss the fic.

I've started a sequel to that fic but got a little discouraged 
wondering about this and haven't really got that far into it. Plus 
I write fic with several ships in mind so I have other projects to 
keep myself busy.

So I'm curious, do some people dismiss male writers if they write in 
this genre? There is some truth in the original post/complaint 
about not being able to write about something you haven't 
experienced. You can be honest - it's not like I'm going to give up 
writing if people start throwing things at me. :)