Fiction

I think perhaps women who write are simply more interested in the kinds of things that make good YA fiction. Which is not to say there aren't excellent writers of all sorts of other kinds of fiction who are women. And so on.

I read a lot of science fiction. I also write it a little. I'm hoping to get published in the foreseeable future. But, even if my actual writing skills are good enough, because I'm writing stuff that appeals to me, a middle-aged mom, I know that a lot of young males might not be all that interested in what I'm writing. Sometimes the male-dominated aspect of s-f makes me a little crazy, so I'm going to do my best to get something a little different out there.

If I don't succeed in getting published, I think my orientation (middle-aged woman) will be no more than half of the problem, because no matter what I must write well enough.