I didn't write the blog out of professional jealousy or "cattiness". I would love to have the word "catty" removed from any discussion of female authors from now on. When Nicholas Sparks routinely slams the romance genre, no one calls him "catty". They call him "outspoken" and "opinionated". "Catty" is a word we use to describe women who aren't acting like sugar, spice, and everything nice, and it's bs.