I am interested in writing how women really feel, how they really think, and how they respond to men. I don't want men reading my books because they might find out too much.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've read a number of relationship books out there. A lot are written towards women.
I think there are so many books out there written on relationships and romance that women are the authors of. How can women know exactly how men think? And there are so many guys out there with relationship books who are just not telling the truth. They have shaded parts.
As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.
It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.
I'm not an especially male novelist, but I think men are better at writing about men, and the same is true for women. Reading Saul Bellow is a revelation, but he can't write women. There are exceptions, like Marilynne Robinson's 'Gilead,' but generally, I think it's true.
I don't think I'm interested in writing women's novels anymore.
I'd love to write something for a male protagonist. That's sort of the next frontier for me. I think it'd be really amazing to write the kind of parts that I love for women but for a guy.
I'm a very girlie girl, but I often find the heroes of my books trying to take over the story. In truth, I enjoy writing the male point of view more than any other.
I have always advised men to read.
Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought up in a house of women.