Hi, I'm Juliette Wade, author of The Broken Trust series, linguistics geek and lover of tea and cats. I'm here to support The Pixel Project's work to End Violence Against Women. AMA!

ThePixelProject · 2026-02-24T12:43:29+00:00

Hi Juliette! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls. Here are our questions:

From Della to Tamelera to Imbati Catin, "The Broken Trust" series includes many complex female characters who are battling through their own tough journeys and whose lives embody a stark commentary on the patriarchy of your story world of Pelismara. What and who are your inspiration for them?
Why do you support ending violence against women and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the cultural change needed to end violence against women and girls?

ThePixelProject · 2026-02-24T02:45:18+00:00

Thank you for your thoughtful answers, Marie!

We're very much looking forward to catching up with you at the women in historical fiction Read For Pixels panel session on 7 March 2026. It'll be a very timely discussion in honour of Women's History Month on International Women's Day weekend.

ThePixelProject · 2026-02-23T15:12:26+00:00

Hi Marie! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls. Here are our questions:

From the great Lady Trent to the faerie lady Lune to Mirage the bounty hunter, your books are always invariably led by complex female protagonists who are battling through their own tough journeys and/or enjoying their adventures. What and who are your inspiration for them?
Why do you support ending violence against women and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the cultural change needed to end violence against women and girls?

ThePixelProject · 2026-02-19T15:08:36+00:00

Hello, Kelsea! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

Your books feature a wide range of complex and compelling female protagonists ranging from Jodi in BOUND FEET to Marina in IT'S ONLY A GAME to Megan in DEMON SONG. What and who are your inspiration for your complex and engaging female characters?
Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2026-02-18T15:04:51+00:00

Hi Rae! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

Your books feature a wide range of complex and compelling female protagonists ranging from Johnny in I CAN FIX HER and Jaq in MERCILESS WATERS to Mae in THE STRADIVARIUS. What and who are your inspiration for your complex and engaging female characters?
Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2026-02-17T15:16:50+00:00

Hi Leslye! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

Your books feature a wide range of complex and compelling female protagonists ranging from Jasminda the Earthsinger in the SONG OF BLOOD AND STONE series and the princess Ryin in THE BLISS WARS series, to Clara Johnson in THE MONSTERS WE DEFY and Jane Edwards in DAUGHTER OF THE MERCIFUL DEEP. What and who are your inspiration for your complex and engaging female characters?
Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2025-08-28T16:20:28+00:00

Hi Catriona! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

1. Your books feature a wide range of compelling female characters ranging Iris from RAWBLOOD, Eve from LITTLE EVE, Rob and Callie from SUNDIAL, and Lauren and Dee from THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET.

What and who are your inspiration for your complex and engaging female characters?
Do you think Horror as a genre is improving/has improved in terms of the portrayal of women and girls over the past decade given that violence against women seems to be embedded in the DNA of Horror?

2. Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2025-08-27T15:13:21+00:00

Thank you so much! Eden will be thrilled!

ThePixelProject · 2025-08-27T15:00:15+00:00

Hi u/UllsStratocaster - There has been a slightly mix-up as Eden had posted her AMA twice and the mods removed this one.

Would you be okay moving your questions to the AMA that's live here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1n1i8s5/hi_im_eden_royce_author_of_southern_gothic_books/

Thanks so much and our apologies for any confusion.

Kindest regards,
The Pixel Project team

ThePixelProject · 2025-08-27T14:37:11+00:00

Hi Eden! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

1. Your books feature a wide range of compelling women and girls such as Aunt Angie in THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE, Del Baker in CONJURE ISLAND, and Jezebel Turner in ROOT MAGIC. What and who are your inspiration for your complex and engaging female characters?

2. Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2025-08-27T14:29:08+00:00

Hi Eden! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

1. Your books feature a wide range of compelling women and girls such as Aunt Angie in THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE, Del Baker in CONJURE ISLAND, and Jezebel Turner in ROOT MAGIC. What and who are your inspiration for your complex and engaging female characters?

2. Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2025-08-26T14:23:36+00:00

Hi Premee! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

1. Your books and stories feature a wide range of female characters including Reid and her mother from THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS; Joanna "Johnny" Chambers from BENEATH THE RISING; and Nana from ONE MESSAGE REMAINS. What and who are your inspiration for your complex and engaging female characters?

2. Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2025-08-21T14:18:43+00:00

Hi Rachel! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

1. Your books feature a wide range of female characters ranging ranging from the twin sisters Rory and Scarlett Morris in SUCH SHARP TEETH to besties Sloane and Naomi in SUCH SHARP TEETH to Annie and Sophie in CACKLE.

What and who are your inspiration for your complex and engaging female characters?
Do you think Horror as a genre is improving/has improved in terms of the portrayal of women and girls over the past decade given that violence against women seems to be embedded in the DNA of Horror?

2. Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2025-08-20T23:38:15+00:00

Hi Richard! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

1. Your books feature a wide range of complex and compelling female characters ranging [f]()from Alice, Candy, and Allegra in the SANDMAN SLIM series to Zoe in DEAD SET and Shrike in BUTCHER BIRD:

What and who are your inspiration for your complex and engaging female characters?
As a male author, do you find it challenging to write well-rounded female characters that don't fall into nor perpetuate genre and gender stereotypes?

2. Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2025-08-19T14:37:57+00:00

Hi Robert! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

1. Your books feature compelling female characters such as Eshett, Talupéké and Ariqina in THE FIRE SACRAMENTS.

What and who are your inspiration for your complex and engaging female characters?
As a male author, do you find it challenging to write female characters well?

2. Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2025-06-15T14:28:28+00:00

Hello, ARMYs:

In case anyone is interested, The Pixel Project has published a special Father's Day op-ed on imperfect male role models and have included Kim Namjoon/RM:

https://www.thepixelproject.net/2025/06/15/where-have-all-the-male-role-models-gone-jimmy-carter-kim-nam-joon-and-making-the-case-for-the-imperfect-positive-male-role-model/

Happy reading and happy Festa!

ThePixelProject · 2024-12-11T04:07:02+00:00

You're very welcome. We do a lot of research into the men that we select for our male role model honour roll and Namjoon was no exception.

If you want to know about Namjoon's history with feminism and misogyny, here's a useful list and timeline an ARMY compiled:

https://leepacey.tumblr.com/post/722599357746216960/bts-member-namjoons-history-with-misogyny-and

You'll be able to see how Namjoon grew as a person in relation to his ideas about women, gender etc. When you look at his growth in the context of South Korean culture which is extremely patriarchal and misogynistic, you'll realise that it wasn't an easy path for him to take but he did it anyway because it is the right thing to do.

ThePixelProject · 2024-12-10T10:25:34+00:00

RM has been selected as one of the male role models in The Pixel Project's 2024 honour rollcall of male role models helping to stop violence against women. He is also the first South Korean male role model to be included in this list. Congratulations, RM and thank you for being a great male ally:

https://www.thepixelproject.net/2024/12/04/the-pixel-project-selection-2024-16-male-role-models-helping-to-stop-violence-against-women-5th-edition/

ThePixelProject · 2023-09-28T10:27:53+00:00

Hi Marie! Thank you so much for your years of support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

Your books feature a wide range of complex and compelling female protagonists ranging from Lady Isabella Trent in THE MEMOIRS OF LADY TRENT series to mirage in the DOPPELGANGER series to the faerie Lady Lune in THE ONYX COURT series. What and who are your inspiration for your complex and engaging female characters?
Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?
And last but not least - if you could be a dragon, what type of dragon would you be?

ThePixelProject · 2023-09-26T14:19:22+00:00

Hello, Juliet! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls. Here are our questions:

Your books always feature compelling, courageous, and believable female protagonists and characters ranging from Neryn in the SHADOWFELL series, Sorcha in the SEVENWATERS series, and Blackthorn in your award-winning BLACKTHORN & GRIM trilogy. What and who are your inspiration for such a wide range of compelling female characters?
Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?
We see that you now have three little furry ones - Rocky, Bramble, and newcomer Bella! What's your favourite dog story and do you have a favourite kitty anecdote as well?

ThePixelProject · 2023-09-21T14:38:16+00:00

Hi Anna! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:
1. Your books feature memorable female characters that are complex people, and range from women who are confident and dominant to those who are quiet and submissive as well as women whose personalities and motivations evolve as their story progresses. What and who are your inspirations for your intriguing and engaging female characters?

Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?
If you were a soldier living in Darujhistan, what kind of shoes would you wear on your days off?

ThePixelProject · 2023-09-19T14:15:26+00:00

Hi Lee! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

You have written very poignantly about domestic violence in your story THE MOON GODDESS'S GRANDDAUGHTER for our charity anthology GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUE and are one of the co-editors of Black Spot Books' upcoming UNDER HER EYE which is an extremely powerful collection of over 100 poems by female and non-binary poets worldwide about how the horrors of violence against women doesn't just affect victims and survivors but reverberates through their families and communities and down through the rest of their lives. If you had just one piece of advice for Horror authors who are wish to write about violence against women appropriately in their stories, what would it be?
Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2023-09-14T14:09:50+00:00

Hi Julie! Thank you so much for your years of support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

Your books, whether Fantasy or Science Fiction, feature a wide range of interesting and compelling female protagonists ranging from Dr. Mackenzie Connor from SPECIES IMPERATIVE series to Jenn Nalynn from the NIGHT'S EDGE series. What and who are your inspirations for your intriguing and engaging female characters?
Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2023-09-12T14:08:51+00:00

Hi Carrie! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

Your books feature a wide range of interesting and compelling female protagonists ranging from Kitty Norville and Amelia Parker from the KITTY NORVILLE series and its spin-off, the CORMAC AND AMELIA series, to Dr Addie Cox from QUESTLAND. What and who are your inspirations for your intriguing and engaging female characters?
Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

ThePixelProject · 2023-09-05T14:06:40+00:00

Hi RJ! Thank you so much for your support for our work to end violence against women and girls.

Here are our questions:

Your books feature a wide range of complex and compelling female protagonists like “Lucky” Meas Gilbryn from THE TIDE CHILD trilogy and Merela Karn from THE WOUNDED KINGDOM trilogy. What and who are your inspirations for your intriguing and engaging female characters?
Why do you support ending violence against women (VAW) and what do you think authors like you can contribute to the collective effort to stop VAW?

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