tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87099516791375666942024-03-12T21:51:33.776-07:00SuperHERo TalesThere is a dearth of female superhero stories out in the world. When it comes to movies, it's always the male superheroes who get the lead rolls. When it comes to merchandise, it's usually the male superheroes who get products made in their likeness, from toys to costumes to everything in between. It's time we started creating and telling more female superhero stories!Becky Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01595020500346331076noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8709951679137566694.post-17987034957971013262017-04-21T06:45:00.000-07:002017-04-29T11:54:06.953-07:00Why We Need Superhero Stories #SuperHERoTales<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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for "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/SuperHERo-Tales-Collection-Superhero-anthology-ebook/dp/B00YHUB6SE" target="_blank">SuperHERo Tales: A Collection of Female Superhero Stories (Volume 2)</a>"</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Why We Need Superhero Stories</span></b> </div>
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<b>Superhero stories give us something to believe in.</b> There are 4,200 recorded religions in the world.People with no religious affiliation now make up the third-largest group in the world. Whether you hold a religious belief or not, most people have a set of morals that they adhere to. Superheroes are known for standing up for what is right. They give us someone to look up to.<br />
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<b>Superhero stories give us hope.</b> The world is changing fast, and people are becoming more cynical every day. When we can't trust our politicians and leaders, who can we trust? The news shows us every day that there are people in the world who do awful things. But superhero stories show us that there can be good people in the world too, and that the world and the people in it are worth fighting for.<br />
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<b>Superhero stories are inspirational.</b> They give us ideas and the urge to do better. Their stories inspire us to make our own lives into something more worthwhile. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word "inspiration" means "something that makes someone want to do something or that gives someone an idea about what to do or create : a force or influence that <b>inspires</b> someone." Superheroes do this for us.<br />
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<b>Superhero stories are aspirational.</b> According to the Oxford dictionary, the word "aspiration" (in this context) means "hope or ambition of achieving something." Superhero stories make us want to achieve more, for ourselves and for the world.<br />
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<b>Superhero stories let us see our potential for positive change within ourselves.</b> Superheroes struggle too, maybe not in the same ways that normal humans do, but making the right choices can be just as difficult for them as it can be for your every day non-super-powered person. We get to see the journey they take as they become a superhero, and we get to see how they change for the better throughout that journey. Superhero stories show us that, despite being difficult, it is always worth doing the right thing.<br />
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<b>Superhero stories let us see our potential for positive change within the world. </b>Comic book superheroes have changed over the years to reflect the changes in society. But one thing most of these superheroes have in common is the desire to make the world a better place, a safer place for the people in it. For us, this can mean working towards more equality in the workplace, fighting towards more environmentally-friendly corporate policies, or helping feed the homeless. The world is constantly changing and superhero stories show us that, sometimes, it's up to us to make sure that those changes are for the better.<br />
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<b>Superhero stories bring light to a sometimes dark world.</b> One thing that superhero stories tend to have in common is that good always wins out over evil in the end. The villains get their comeuppance and the hero saves the person they love and the world. No matter how dark the superheroes story gets, it will brighten by the time the story wraps up.</div>
Becky Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01595020500346331076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8709951679137566694.post-35630066815344231702016-06-17T10:54:00.000-07:002016-06-17T10:55:50.523-07:00SuperHERo Tales: Volume 3 - submission changes<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black;">You need to create a character. She is female and a superhero, but what she looks like, what her powers are, what she wears and what kind of personality she has is all up to you. Start by outlining these specific things:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: normal;"><strike>Once you have filled these details in, write a flash fiction or short story, no less than 300 words long and no longer than 1,000 words, that is a complete scene.</strike></span><strike style="font-weight: normal;"> </strike> <span style="color: blue;">Feedback from the previous two anthologies is that readers would like the stories to be longer and fuller, so for volume three, we are going to request that stories be anywhere from 2,000 to 5,000 words long. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">This story can be one that shows how your character develops her powers, how she becomes a superhero. It can be a fight scene, showing how she uses her powers. It can be a romance scene (PG, please) showing how she interacts with her love interest (if she has one). It can be anything you want it to be that shows some aspect of your character, something important to her life. It doesn't have to be a complete story, but it must be a complete scene. Think of it as if you have your own TV series dedicated to your superhero, and this short story is one episode of the series. (That suggests it should at least have an end to the scene, even though everyone watching/reading knows that the story continues.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cc0000;">At the beginning of the page, before starting the list, type your name and the word count. Then type the word "anthology:" and add "yes."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">E-mail your story to me using the "contact me" button in the top right corner.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Because this is for charity, there will be no payment, but your name will be listed as a contributing author and you will have an author bio (which you will have to send in) near the end of the book. (You will need to send in your author bio along with your story submission. It should be one paragraph, written in third person, and it can include links to your websites.</span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: blue;">There will be a trophy for the best submitted story. It will be a female superhero statue, unless that trophy is no longer available.</span></b></div>
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<b style="background-color: black;">Deadline: September 30th, 2016</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Art submissions:</b></span> <span style="font-size: small;">This anthology is for a charity that benefits girls, and as we are creating female superheroes in the comic tradition, we are looking for some superhero drawings to represent the superheroes. E</span>-mail me for a list of the descriptions of the superheroes that have been added to the anthology so far if you plan on submitting a drawing or more than one drawing. Because this is for charity, there will be no payment, but your name will be listed as the artist and you will have an artist bio (which you will have to send in) near the end of the book. We reserve the right not to use any illustrations in the anthology. We are looking for superheroines drawn in the comic book style only. <b><span style="color: blue;">We are only looking for art that looks professional, so we won't be able to accept all art.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: red;"><b>Note:</b> If you contributed a story/superhero to a previous SuperHERo Tales, you may write about the same superhero, but must have a different piece of fiction about her - readers must learn something new about your superheroine that they did not learn in the first anthology.</span></div>
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<i style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: blue;">Please include a one-paragraph, third-person artist bio with your submission. Website links to your sites may are allowed within reason.</span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">A portion of the proceeds from the anthology will go to <a href="http://becauseiamagirl.ca/" target="_blank">Because I Am a Girl</a>. From the website:</span></div>
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<i style="background-color: black;">"Because I am a Girl is a global initiative to end gender inequality, promote girls’ rights and lift millions of girls – and everyone around them – out of poverty.</i></div>
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<i style="background-color: black;">Girls in the poorest regions of the world are among the most disadvantaged people on the planet. They are more likely to live in poverty, more likely to be denied access to education, more likely to be denied medical care, and more likely to be malnourished, simply because they’re girls. And yet, studies show that if you give a girl enough to eat, an education and a safe environment, she’ll work to raise the standard of living for herself, her family and her community.</i></div>
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<i style="background-color: black;"> We operate a wide range of programs worldwide to improve the status of girls and give them equal access to health care, education, protection, independence, and an opportunity to participate in society.</i></div>
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<i style="background-color: black;">Our <i>State of the Worlds Girls</i> report series is an ongoing investigation to shine the light on specific barriers to young girls’ development and their access to basic human rights."</i></div>
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Becky Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01595020500346331076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8709951679137566694.post-46732437907588960062016-01-11T02:56:00.002-08:002016-01-11T03:20:16.348-08:00Now taking submissions for SuperHERo Tales: Volume Three #SuperHERoTales<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>SuperHERo Tales (Volume 3)
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<a href="http://www.melusinemusepress.com/" target="_blank">Melusine Muse Press</a> is now taking submissions for the third volume of SuperHERo Tales.<br />
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You need to create a character. She is female and a superhero, but what she looks like, what her powers are, what she wears and what kind of personality she has is all up to you. Start by outlining these specific things:<br />
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<b>Personality:</b><br />
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<b>Brief description of how the superheroine gets her powers (i.e. born with them, radioactive accident, mad scientist experiments on her, etc.):</b><br />
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<b>Powers:</b><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Once you have filled these details in, write a flash fiction or short story, no less than 300 words long and no longer than 1,000 words, that is a complete scene. </span>This scene can be one that shows how your character develops her powers, how she becomes a superhero. It can be a fight scene, showing how she uses her powers. It can be a romance scene (PG, please) showing how she interacts with her love interest (if she has one). It can be anything you want it to be that shows some aspect of your character, something important to her life. It doesn't have to be a complete story, but it must be a complete scene. Think of it as if you have your own TV series dedicated to your superhero, and this short story is one episode of the series. (That suggests it should at least have an end to the scene, even though everyone watching/reading knows that the story continues.)<br />
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At the beginning of the page, before starting the list, type your name and the word count. Then type the word "anthology:" and add "yes."
E-mail your story to me using the "contact me" button in the top right corner.
Because this is for charity, there will be no payment, but your name will be listed as a contributing author and you will have an author bio (which you will have to send in) near the end of the book. (You will need to send in your author bio along with your story submission. It should be one paragraph, written in third person, and it can include links to your websites.)
<b>Deadline: September 30th, 2016</b>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Note:</b> If you contributed a story/superhero to a previous SuperHERo Tales, you may write about the same superhero, but must have a different piece of flash fiction about her - readers must learn something new about your superheroine that they did not learn in the first anthology.</span><br />
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<b>Deadline: September 30th, 2016</b><br />
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A portion of the proceeds from the anthology will go to <a href="http://becauseiamagirl.ca/" target="_blank">Because I am a Girl</a>.<br />
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<i>"Because I am a Girl is a global initiative to end gender inequality, promote girls’ rights and lift millions of girls – and everyone around them – out of poverty.</i><i>Girls in the poorest regions of the world are among the most disadvantaged people on the planet. They are more likely to live in poverty, more likely to be denied access to education, more likely to be denied medical care, and more likely to be malnourished, simply because they’re girls. And yet, studies show that if you give a girl enough to eat, an education and a safe environment, she’ll work to raise the standard of living for herself, her family and her community.</i><i><br /></i><i>We operate a wide range of programs worldwide to improve the status of girls and give them equal access to health care, education, protection, independence, and an opportunity to participate in society.</i><i><br /></i><i>Our <i>State of the Worlds Girls</i> report series is an ongoing investigation to shine the light on specific barriers to young girls’ development and their access to basic human rights."</i></blockquote>
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To see previous editions of SuperHERo Tales, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=SuperHERo+Tales%3A+A+Collection+of+Female+Superhero+Stories+by+Rebecca+Fyfe" target="_blank">go here</a>.</div>
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Are you ready for more great female superheroes? Are you ready to read stories from their lives? Are you ready to see what a real female superhero should look like? One without all of the skimpy clothing the female superheroes of the past have been known for?<br />
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Here's a sketch of one of the characters in the anthology. Her story featured in the first <a href="http://www.amazon.com/SuperHERo-Tales-Collection-Superhero-Expanded/dp/149431245X" target="_blank">SuperHERo Tales anthology</a>, and she has more of her story included in Volume Two. Have you read the stories in the first volume? Can you tell which superhero it is?<br />
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There is a dearth of female superheroes in the media. Male superheroes are the ones who get the lead rolls in the movies, when there are female superheroes who have not been given the chance to star in a film of their own. Comics do feature female superheroes, but more often than not, those women are scantily clad with teeny-tiny waists and giant breasts. Have you tried to find toys or other merchandise featuring female superheroes? There isn't a lot to choose from.<br />
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In real life, there are many females who do heroic deeds and work in heroic jobs, women who save people or risk themselves every day to help others or to shed light on injustices in the world. In history, there were many female warriors, but they rarely feature in any of the history textbooks.<br />
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We need more female superheroes. We need roll models for our girls and women who girls and boys can look up to as shining examples of strong and purposeful women. We need more stories about female superheroes, both more being told about existing superheroes and new female superheroes created with stories to be told.<br />
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This blog is here as a place to feature female superheroes, both the everyday female heroes that live in the real world with the rest of us and imagined female superheroes written about in books, shown in movies and portrayed in comics and games.Becky Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01595020500346331076noreply@blogger.com0