tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.comments2022-11-11T13:58:51.077+00:00Morgan GallagherAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479061759803882187noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-24654405322122062052015-07-26T17:25:03.176+01:002015-07-26T17:25:03.176+01:00Thank you!Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13479061759803882187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-83182226777785518132015-07-26T17:01:24.731+01:002015-07-26T17:01:24.731+01:00Happy to see you again, Morgan. :)Happy to see you again, Morgan. :)Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092137613275942829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-9727996538747853382012-12-22T00:19:00.839+00:002012-12-22T00:19:00.839+00:00looooooove itlooooooove itAlison Sauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17750590554400582933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-18054108757075113492012-12-02T20:04:26.099+00:002012-12-02T20:04:26.099+00:00Why thank you Kathleen!Why thank you Kathleen!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13479061759803882187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-69278117189031602032012-12-02T18:51:47.079+00:002012-12-02T18:51:47.079+00:00"Rose Templar" is a great name. Very eer..."Rose Templar" is a great name. Very eerie ambiance!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15964712984479525970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-91922819190184227452012-10-25T22:11:15.447+01:002012-10-25T22:11:15.447+01:00But I think the tagline needs to be as clear in B ...But I think the tagline needs to be as clear in B as it is in C.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13479061759803882187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-13928123443278729792012-10-25T22:10:46.054+01:002012-10-25T22:10:46.054+01:00B is indeed where I was heading too! It's a g...B is indeed where I was heading too! It's a good job I have a great designer, she warned me red wouldn't work on the dark background before she even tried it. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13479061759803882187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-3686627485358252682012-10-25T21:56:42.522+01:002012-10-25T21:56:42.522+01:00B stands out for me, with A a close second. Don...B stands out for me, with A a close second. Don't like the red, great idea but makes the text hide. Don't like the font in C. Sarahhttp://osierpublishing.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-36051756604513859392012-08-18T14:18:30.020+01:002012-08-18T14:18:30.020+01:00And you are doing soooo well Morgan (and I mean th...And you are doing soooo well Morgan (and I mean that not in the least patronisingly).<br /><br />If anyone questions how you are still sane I would like to add that the above is actually only part of the drama that has been Morgan's life recently. There is plenty of other stuff too....<br /><br />We love you Morgan.<br /><br />Looking forward to Bedlam Maternity now I have cleared some of MY business too!!!Alison Sauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17750590554400582933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-82936054915827802822012-08-13T19:35:57.583+01:002012-08-13T19:35:57.583+01:00I saw bits of it, through the haze of exhaustion a...I saw bits of it, through the haze of exhaustion and trying to keep being asleep. The other two loved it. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13479061759803882187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-16181399388057251062012-08-13T19:12:24.126+01:002012-08-13T19:12:24.126+01:00You know when you made the connection the other da...You know when you made the connection the other day to me between the dome and the Olympics I thought you were really onto something....glad you've put it into words here<br /><br />Closing ceremony was pretty damn good - got me out of bed despite my lurgy!!!Alison Sauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17750590554400582933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-87555560221836494312012-06-13T21:59:18.302+01:002012-06-13T21:59:18.302+01:00Thank you so much. I love to write and if it inspi...Thank you so much. I love to write and if it inspires someone, all the better. My advice to you, write, then write some more and read and keep writing.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627753507423390187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-53185704232846861252012-06-10T23:18:20.161+01:002012-06-10T23:18:20.161+01:00i love how you write! it's how i aspire to be!...i love how you write! it's how i aspire to be!melissahttp://www.rockanddrool.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-23015771780377136442012-06-08T18:35:54.637+01:002012-06-08T18:35:54.637+01:00Thanks for the comment and the compliment.Thanks for the comment and the compliment.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627753507423390187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-75022073298861575562012-06-08T18:20:22.135+01:002012-06-08T18:20:22.135+01:00Awesome post, girl! Glad to see you're getting...Awesome post, girl! Glad to see you're getting some recognition for all your hard work.clpauwelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593765516891634999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-17175292315975813022012-05-21T19:30:05.983+01:002012-05-21T19:30:05.983+01:00It's so much more than just Eve vs Lilith, and...It's so much more than just Eve vs Lilith, and yet it's so much more simple too. Why should we have to be one or the other? <br /><br />Yeah, I'm a rebel. I hate labels. I loathe them. I'm just me, I'm an individual and I absolutely refuse to fit into a mould defined by someone else, especially someone who is trying to force me into a shape that restricts me. <br /><br />I'm no square peg in a round hole, I'm bloody dodecahedral and exist in multiple dimensions, just to add spice. The only box I fit in is my own and even then I don't stay in it for long. <br /><br />Part of my Lily's story, The Heir, came from a string of conversations with a friend who is the manager of a women's refuge, on the ways women cope through abusive relationships. That short part of her story comes from experience and from direct information.Sarahhttp://sarahbarnard.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-54061953958300535142012-05-21T16:20:40.622+01:002012-05-21T16:20:40.622+01:00Because of my work with refugee women, I know load...Because of my work with refugee women, I know loads of women who've had to leave their children. Either by walking away when they are safe with someone else, or who have been forced to flee, and the children went one way and the mother went another. Leaving your children so they are safe, is a huge motherly strength. And it costs them so much. (Anyone who wants to help mothers and children re-unite, please go to the Women Against Rape website, running out of Crossroads Women's Centre, Kentish Town, London. They are always needing money to help put mothers and their children back in each other's arms. Black Women's Rape Action project, running from that site, actively supports mothers who had to leave their children behind.)<br /><br />My point on that would be... I don't think it makes you either a Lilith or an Eve. It means you are a strong mother. Most of the women I know who have had to leave their kids, are Daughters of Eve. They look for the day when they have their husband/partner beside them, and for them to their help mate. Many had such husband's/partners, and they were lost too, or killed in front of them.<br /><br />Likewise, caring is not necessarily an Eve role. The active part if being the help mate. I think there may be a dissonance between being Lilith, and being the carer, but only as that's how society views the women - the carer, so you can reject that as sexism etc.<br /><br />Likewise, women sometimes feeling that having kids at all, makes you the weaker partner.<br /><br />Most of the birthing advocates I know, very strong female voices for a female centered birth, are Daughters of Lilith. They don't see their role to 'help out' the male doctor. To be the help mate. They see the mother as the main person, and they the mother's help mate. Interesting dichotomy: if you are being the help mate as an equal, given that the mother is doing all the work, are you being Lilith, or Eve?<br /><br />I imagine I'd argue you are being Eve. As you are giving final say over to someone else. The right person really, as you're not the one giving birth!<br /><br />Lilith maintains her own vision. But you can work with people, in other areas, and still be Lilith.<br /><br />It's an interesting thing when we start to look at it, female strength. especially when it's a mother's strength.<br /><br />How to work through the difference between your own natural instinct, and what society says you are feeling, because of your vagina?<br /><br />Hmmm....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13479061759803882187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-35600824549110381422012-05-17T16:02:20.014+01:002012-05-17T16:02:20.014+01:00Saw your post on Twitter. I would call myself a da...Saw your post on Twitter. I would call myself a daughter of Lilith, and I'm thinking about my protagonist, I think she is too, although there might be argument for the opposite. My fiction is "lighter" than yours, but there's a reason for that. I think I'll write about it.<br /><br />Thanks for this post. It opened my eyes in a lot of ways. And it made me laugh. I may call myself a daughter of Lilith, I think my husband might call me a hellion!Kate George/Bodacious Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535866071245284381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-88237614041817909222012-05-17T14:24:12.889+01:002012-05-17T14:24:12.889+01:00In UK parlance, bitch and bastard have pretty defi...In UK parlance, bitch and bastard have pretty defined meanings. A bitch is someone who back-stabs, undercuts, gossips maliciously.<br /><br />So when I see a man doing this, I'll refer to him in conversation with others, as a bitch. It's the behaviour.<br /><br />Likewise, a bastard is seen as someone who is strong, determined, will push their own agenda first, and push out other people's agenda to get their own way.<br /><br />So if I see a woman acting like this, I name it as that. <br /><br />It does fuse brain cells. Good fun, in the right circumstances. (As in, not to the person's face, and not as part of that power play, just observing ironically from outside.)<br /><br />Gossip is actual a vital component in social interplay. The concept that men DON'T do it! Fie!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13479061759803882187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-6787725639510563522012-05-17T14:06:41.232+01:002012-05-17T14:06:41.232+01:00I'm a woman who works in a man dominant job an...I'm a woman who works in a man dominant job and I am often called butch or dyke not because of the way I look or even act, but because I take it as a compliment that I can hold my own. In writing, I get the....this is a female author, obviously the gender neutral described character must be female. pfffttt.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627753507423390187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-91303770672922876172012-05-17T13:47:09.475+01:002012-05-17T13:47:09.475+01:00Consider the origins of the word "bitch"...Consider the origins of the word "bitch" for a moment. Originally, it was used by the Cult of Diana to refer to her follows. Diana's "bitches" were her female followers and it was meant to indicate a free woman. Being a bitch was a sign of power and independence. It was the Catholic church that villified the word to indicate a negative. But now we use the word to insult women that say things we don't like, act in ways we don't approve, or who are too "full of themselves."Julie Ann Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210107295842109374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-72932352246453376642012-05-17T03:09:56.705+01:002012-05-17T03:09:56.705+01:00I don't have a story that qualifies - but I...I don't have a story that qualifies - but I'm very interested in the premise.<br /><br />I wish you well and will keep an eye on this site.K. A. Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07020119815910396933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-4514172134523645672012-05-17T00:01:23.320+01:002012-05-17T00:01:23.320+01:00I'm not sure if I agree completely with it bei...I'm not sure if I agree completely with it being not safe enough to criticise men. Patriarchy is a cohesive whole, that works across gender and class layers.<br /><br />Yes, it is my experience that women work harder than men, to put down other women and maintain the status quo. It's also my experience that many women are the strength and voice of change, as are men.<br /><br />Many men do not subscribe to the Patriarchal mind set. <br /><br />I think expecting women to always be supportive, is not reasonable. So many women consider their own identity, as part and parcel of the idea of what it is to be a 'nice woman', that it's too threatening to them, to open up to other forms of being.<br /><br />Likewise, men who are totally switched on about how Patriarchy oppresses both themselves, and their female friends, are often the best ally.<br /><br />As a lactavist, I spend most of my life being torn to pieces by other women. I see that as a side effect of patriarchy, not an innate female trait.<br /><br />To respond to Julie's comment about her comments being meaner than if a male said them....<br /><br />I like to name the behaviour, not the gender. If someone is being bitchy, I call them bitch. If someone is acting like a hard nosed bastard, I call them a bastard. Sexual equipment is irrelevant.<br /><br />It FREAKS people. Try calling a man a bitch, and a woman a bastard. It's very... illuminating... :-)<br /><br />But, of course, I'm British. In Britain we see it as a CLASS and Gender issue. A working class male is going to have less privileged voice, than you might expect. In my experience, it's difficult to have the class issues discussed, within the USA paradigm. As if class has no bearing. In Britain, it's inconceivable to discuss gender issues, without reference to class.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13479061759803882187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-49352498133671476882012-05-16T23:29:49.682+01:002012-05-16T23:29:49.682+01:00Oh, Strong Female Character. You are the bugbear o...Oh, Strong Female Character. You are the bugbear of modern lit AND comics. Stories that reflect reality are castigated for not including you, you unrealistic Strong Female Character, you. Why female characters aren't good enough unless they're Mary Sues is beyond me. <br /><br />Women criticize other women more harshly because it's safer than criticizing men.MeiLin Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590059336785844546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608311425893904266.post-88623505607628180692012-05-16T23:22:50.827+01:002012-05-16T23:22:50.827+01:00That's why do many women writers adopt ambiguo...That's why do many women writers adopt ambiguous Initialed names, or manly sounding pseudonyms - to avoid the gender bias. And I don't mean the women-can't-write-horror ones, I'm thinking more subtle, like Julie's above comments.<br /><br />Readers of my newest novel have commented on the main (female) character's open-minded approach to sex and relationships. If she'd been a guy (or I pretended to be one) they wouldn't think twice about her opinions. <br /><br />Just knowing the book was written by a woman has the reader looking a little closer than they would if a guy wrote it. They go into it with a preconceived idea, which is not fair to the author or the book. <br /><br />No idea how to even begin to overcome that, short of becoming an androgynous hermit with no online presence whatsoever.Alex Owenshttp://www.quirkygurl.comnoreply@blogger.com