Sexism

[ysabetwordsmith]

Here's a thoughtful post about sexism in publishing by one of Tor UK's female editors.  I like seeing an analysis of male/female submissions vs. what actually gets published.  In this case, male submissions vastly outnumber female, but two of the four new authors accepted were women.

The two main bottlenecks to women's publication are sexist editors and low submissions.  Both are real; I've dealt with both.  Either or both may apply to any given publishing venue.  It's a good idea to compare the statistics to figure out which is affecting the market.

Comments

[leia_solo]

This was really interesting to read.

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

I got a lot out of reading this article--thanks for sharing the link to it!
Considering how many of us here on LJ are interested in writing ourselves, I think you did us all a favor by sharing it.
Thank you!
:)

You're welcome!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I could help.

A useful test, by the way, is sending out manuscripts under a pen name for the prevailing sex of your genre (i.e. male for hard science fiction, female for romance) if you're concerned that your sex is costing you sales. If the numbers change, sexism is in play. If not, it isn't.

Re: You're welcome!

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

That's a good idea.
:)