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12. Seeking return on investment– More often than not, it’s a love’s labour lost. Of course, at
the back of you, there will be your publisher who always keeps reminding you that he took such a
risk in publishing your drab work, while nobody wants to read these things anymore. On the other
hand, he would spare no efforts in seeing that publicising it as ‘a book on women’, he makes as much
money as he could.
13. Emotional hazards of being a female writer– As you voice ‘their’ voice, being woman starts
coming in your way. One starts empathizing with the characters of the book which may at times turn
out to be a roller coaster ride of emotions. As a writer, the experience may eventually drain you out
mentally and emotionally. Being stoic is the key here. Creating a thing which is not only going to
contribute positively to some persons lives but also to your own self, should be the objective and be
consciously strived at.
Summing up
Each woman is a universe in her own right. One has to dig really deep and hard. Besides, it
being a sexist world out there, one needs to tread and treat with caution. Despite claims of
modernity and claims of equality, the social reality is still different for different genders. The
attitudes and behaviour continue to be sexist as the legislation, International pressure etc. have
paved way for replacing overt sexism with subtle sexism. Among other things, an author has to be
bold, though not suicidal in approach and treatment. Besides, reality is not objective since it’s
inhabited by emotional humans and not automated robots. While researching on women’s lives
and presenting it, the author has to be value bound and cannot separate from the research topic. But
one also need not shut one’s eyes to objectivity. In fact , one must be ready to change one’s own
values as writing is not only for the readers but also for the author and last not least, it could be a
great cathartic and learning experience.
Keywords: Auto/biography, History and Her story
Sangeeta GOEL
Management Development Institute , Gurgaon , India
goel_sangeeta@yahoo.co.in
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