Gail Gauthier (
Original Content) and Liz B. (
A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy) take up Mary Sues in teen fiction.
- I love Gail's concluding remarks, which pertain, in a way, to the mission of this blog: "If I stay away from romance, will Mary Sue characters stay away from me? If I don't write about anyone over the age of thirteen will I be safe? What if I use male main characters? Will that work?"
- Liz asks a very important question: "So my question is, how do you identify a Mary Sue in an original book, when he or she is not in a fanfic context?" Liz discusses the wikipedia article in this context--one I'd never read before.
Interesting stuff, and don't miss the comments.
