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alfreda89 ([personal profile] alfreda89) wrote2013-08-13 07:33 pm
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Danielle Steele Asks: "Are you still a brain surgeon?"

Because she is tired of men (always men) who ask her if she's still writing, and she's realized that it's not just her. Those men are doing it to any successful woman.

And she's fed up.

[identity profile] aberwyn.livejournal.com 2013-08-14 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Good for her for calling them out on it. But you know, the only person who's ever done that to me was my mother, who always wished I'd say "No, I've stopped writing and gone to work in an office." She never did hear it.

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2013-08-14 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
I recently realized that like JK Rowling I've never been meant for anything except writing fiction. I just didn't believe in myself enough. So here we go....