Ginge Reads

Photo by Danielle MacInnes  on Unsplash For someone starting out in the writing world, whether that be for publication or just for fun, one of the biggest challenges has always been finding what to write about. After all, that special idea or incredible plot twist must be worth taking time over. In fact, there is a huge difference between wanting to write and knowing what to write, which is often the downfall to many an aspiring writer. The simple answer? KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN . Writers are ultimately observers: the littlest, most insignificant things can inspire a story or prompt questions, and only after asking those questions and digging a little deeper can you discover your muse. Of course, oftentimes an idea will spring out from nowhere (such as J.K. Rowling’s experience sitting on a train and dreaming up Harry Potter ), but these little pieces of the everyday will remain essential in crafting a believable world within your story. Whether Sci-Fi or Romance, Adventure ...

Photo by Jonathan Cooper on Unsplash Female writers have arguably always been somewhat on the back-foot in the literary world, whether that be with writing and publishing, or simply with the reviews that inevitably follow. Yet for a society that claims inclusivity and gender equality, there still remains a shocking amount of unrest in this field.  A recent study (2018), by sociologist Dana Beth Weinberg and mathematician Adam Kapelner of Queens College-CUNY, has revealed that books by female authors are on average priced at nearly half (45% less) than that of those written by men. While it is little surprising to see segregation by genre and the different values placed on each genre, this figure is truly staggering. Research shows that there is also a huge lack of female writers in the professional fields of physics, computer science, maths and surgery, which is largely expected to continue for at least the rest of the century. J.K. Rowling (1999) Clearly, male au...