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Welcome to WWEnd, dihenydd!  Glad you found us and that you're taking part in the challenge.

That is an interesting question!  I honestly hadn't given that any thought but the answer is no, you can't.  In our system we only have one author record for each actual person so on the Seanan McGuire page we include her books written as Mira Grant.  Books under wither name will be recorded as being by Seanan.  The WoGF only sees the 1 real person record.

It has happened in the past that we created author records for pen names when we were not aware they were pen names but somebody usually points them out to us eventually - James S. A. Corey is one that comes to mind.  If we have any like that now, which is a real possibility, you could do it.  If we knew K. J. Parker was a woman, but we still didn't know her real name, we'd probably include her in the challenge so that's another case where it would be possible to read and tag 2 books by the same author.

No problem.  There will be more authors to choose from as the year goes on too.  We've already added 26 new authors since the first of the year along with a couple hundred new books.

Yes, audiobooks count as well.  As you said, it's the authors that matter not how you consume their work though I would say that movies or other adaptations don't count.

Welcome to WWEnd, Carla! I hope you're enjoying the site and our community. Let me know if you have any questions.

I'm with you on this one - much prefer SF over fantasy or horror - but I've not read many women at all so I don't have any selection limitations like you have.  I wouldn't let it dissuade you from joining in the challenge though.  You don't need to worry about finding 12 books up front, you just need 1 book to get started then you have the whole month to find one for next month and so on down the line.  We'll be adding more books all year and I'm on the lookout for SF in particular so I'll do what I can to get more in the list.  And remember, you're not limited to just the authors we have in our DB so if you find something outside what we've got we'll get it in there for you.

That's my 2 cents, anyway. 

Is that a question for me?  If so, Margaret Atwood is most definitely a genre fiction writer even if she does not own up to it.

Here's a link to a blog I wrote last year about Atwood and SF. I think she does write SF.

 http://blog.worldswithoutend.com/2012/01/outside-the-norm-margaret-atwoods-the-blind-assassin-and-oryx-and-crake/

carlajpatterson - 2013-04-06 11:40 PM So, I've been reading my books and added some of them to the bookshelf for this challenge but now I can't find it and I don't see my stats in the Jan, Feb, or March stats lists. What am I doing wrong? (Besides not being here very often!)

Hey Carla, in looking at the WoGF page I can see you've got 2 books tagged as read for your challenge and you have one book tagged as being read.  The rest of your slots are empty.  I'm not sure what you mean by you can't find it or what you mean by the stats lists.  Can you be more specific?  If you like, I'd be happy to do a Skype session with you and walk through it all.  We can clear up any confusion and it will give me some useful info on how we can improve our interface or instructions.  Just let me know via email at: dave @ worldswithoutend dot com.

carlajpatterson - 2013-04-08 1:21 PM Hi, Dave... it's that I can't find the WoGF page where it shows my authors and books tagged as read. I thought it would be easy to find again here in the forum but I don't see a link. That's why I haven't been able to update the slots in my list. I think I might have misunderstood the stats thing - I think what I took to be a list of books read (how many for each book), was actually a list of reviews only. I'll read through again and make sure. Thanks for the skype offer! I may still take you up on it if I can't figure this out by reading things more carefully!

Oh, I see.  Well, you can click any of the WoGF logos on the site like in the footer or in the main menu or in any of the blog articles about the challenge.  Let me know if you need any other help!

To complete the challenge you do have to write 12 reviews.  The challenge is only 12 books to make it relatively easy for anyone to finish.  If you're a slow reader or have limited time it's not a dealbreaker.  If you read a lot it should be easy to work 12 books into your usual reading.

You can read at your own pace of course so no biggie if you finish your 12 early or even double up like some folks have considered.  You can tag your books as you go or wait until the next month if you want a shot at the montly prizes.  To keep things fair for all we'll only post one review per person per month even if you write 3 bad ass reviews.  There are no prizes for finishing first.