Question for the community: Male writers writing F/F books (Page 2 of 2)

My hypothetical situation assumes James is a male who wrote lesbian fiction. Yes, it would be sad if a woman thought that she had to be a seen as a man to get published, but I didn't enter that into my question.

Of course, to keep the bad feeling this topic has someone generated from rising from the sea, I should--quickly--state that any one is allowed and encouraged to state or talk about anything they wish.

What I want to know is this: When a writer writes F/F romance, does it matter the gender?

So far, it seems the general census would suggest it does not, but we are Clergy in the Church of the Writer. Man, woman, child--all are welcome to tell their story.

Do do our customers, the faithful who pray in our church, feel the same?  Who here hasn't seen that Fox News commentator who could never except that a Muslim wrote a book about Jesus?

Is the artists also the art?

A lot of men writing Romance novels use female pen names. A lot of women writing Sci-Fi use male pen names. JK Rowling was advised to use her initials as boys would never read a book written by a female.

So it would seem it does matter, although for your example, it's maybe more to do with genre expectations or preferences than being F/F.

This is slowly changing and is being challenged. Maybe we will read a book written by an author one day rather than a book written by a woman, man, or *insert any other description here that has nothing to do with writing*. Maybe. One day soon.