I am a horror writer and am wondering if i should use my real name as I am female. I don't know if I personally would buy a female horror writer, so I would like to know if anyone else would.
2007-06-12 01:34:48 · 53 answers · asked by Donna M 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
mary shelly wrote frankenstein
2007-06-12 01:37:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley. Anne Rice writes Vampire novels.
Going to Amazon and selecting horror showed on the first page Karen Chance, Charlaine Harris, Laurell Hamilton, Jacquelyn French, Stephanie Meyer, Michelle Rowan and Christine Feehan. This would tend to suggest that not only is being a female writer not a problem, but that some of the most popular writers in the genre are female.
Surely what matters is not the gender of the author, but the quality of what they are writing - otherwise we are back in the days when female writers had to adopt male names to be published. I don't look at the gender of a writer when I buy a book, but at whether the book looks like somthing I would want to read.
2007-06-14 12:16:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Donna
I would buy a horror story written by a woman..I may even like it better! There are a few horror writers as the other commenties have mentioned but I want to let you know that I think women should write horror stories because they could put different twist on the story and things that men may not be as good about doing with emotion because we think differently! So I hope all goes well with you and your story! Good Luck...or Bad Luck for your charecters!
Taylor
2007-06-12 05:30:39 · answer #3 · answered by Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anne Rice, Poppy Z Brite, Mary Shelley, Nancy A Collins, Karen Koehler - if anything female horror writers are more popular than the male ones these days.
2007-06-12 02:03:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a tricky one, Donna, and I can sympathise with your plight. I think the answer all depends on the kind of horror you are planning to write. If it's the hard stuff like Jack Ketchum or Edward Lee, I don't know if the public would take it seriously. With very few exceptions, female writers don't tend to be popular when marketed as grisly/violent. If however, you are heading towards gothic romance, I think being female will aid you. Thanks mainly to Anne Rice, this subgenre has proved very successful for female writers. Just please, please don't write anything about a handsome, suave vampire seducing a young woman as he battles with his inner demons. I always think, if you're going to write horror, write horror. Fangoria has spoken out against the "cuddle-ization" of the vampire, and even werewolf, and this human treatment of out finest monsters has destroyed their ability to scare. Cheri Moon, Anne Rice, and particularly a total airhead called Charlaine Harris have succeeded only in turning the horror genre into daytime TV style tat. When reading these authors, it's quite evident that for a genuine horror fan, it's usually best sticking with male authors like Douglas Clegg, Stephen King, Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, and Joe Lansdale.
2007-06-13 22:56:23 · answer #5 · answered by dean_gresswell 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course! I don't think it matters if the author is male or female - what counts is the novel. Anyway, we need more female horror writers (I guess I have to say that cus I'm a female horror writer).
2007-06-13 01:30:43 · answer #6 · answered by SG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been successful women horror writers. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein to prove that a woman could write a horror novel as well as any man. Anne Rice is another successful horror novelist, as is V.C. Andrews (though many of her later books are ghostwritten by a man, they are still published under her name and are written about girls).
2007-06-12 03:08:58 · answer #7 · answered by Sean C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are a horror writer, and you don't think people would read horror written by a woman? DO YOU EVEN READ? Ever hear the name ANNE RICE? Laurell K. Hamilton? Chelsea Quinn Yarbro?
Get thee to a library. or a bookstore. Learn something about the genre before making such ridiculous statements.
2007-06-12 03:57:55 · answer #8 · answered by bardsandsages 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd buy it. Defo. Well, actually I wouldn't cause I'm not really into horror but......
I've written a philosophical work expalining, the origin of existence, the Meaning of Life and a probable afterlife that philosophers are goin crazy over. But I'm only 19 and they keep bringing this fact up. Should I maybe try to hide that irrelevant information when I release the book do you think. See, I answered you're question with another question, thats what us philosophers generally do, LOL!
2007-06-12 01:39:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I additionally like Stephen King and Clive Barker. Koontz has gotten faraway from horror yet a number of his until eventually now works have been certainly spooky. It by making use of King became very tough as became The Stand and Salem's Lot. Barker's Weaveworld and Imajica have been way obtainable yet spectacular. King's Son Joe Hill has written some Ghost memories that are spectacular. the midsection formed field will scare the pants off ya.
2016-10-07 08:40:43 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely, there are a large number of female horror writers - look at Anne Rice, Poppy Z Brite and Muriel Gray.
2007-06-14 08:34:42 · answer #11 · answered by Jez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋