Scribblers Andrew Smith and Ellen Booraem have both won a place on the Young Adult Library Services Association’s list of 2010 Best Books for Young Adults.
“This year’s list was the result of exceptional work from the Best Books for Young Adults committee,” said Summer Hayes, committee chair. “With the ever increasing volume of reading material [...]
Okay. Let me tell you how much I hate YA.
I’m letting all the big reasons out today, so hang on.
First, a little backstory. I was e-talking with Lia Keyes the other day, and she mentioned to me about another author who thought that YA as a category should be done away with. She thought it [...]
I still hate YA.
You remember all those times your mom told you the old if-all-your-friends-jumped-off-a-cliff-would-you-do-it-too line? You know what I told my mom when she tried that one on me?
Um… no. I’d go down to the bottom and start looking for wallets and jewelry.
So, there’s this assumption that “young adults” make some kind of moral and [...]
I hate YA.
Let me explain.
I hate YA for many of the same reasons I hated being a teenager: there are all these external expectations on who you are “supposed” to be, and, simultaneously, you’re trying to figure that out on your own.
Okay. Try this experiment. Close your eyes.
Wait. First, get someone to read this to [...]
“For as long as I can remember, I have been a storyteller. Throughout my elementary school years, I thought of myself as an author and I wrote an extensive collection of books – stacks of paper, words, and drawings all stapled together. None of these works were literary masterpieces, but they were the first manifestation [...]
Thanks to the wonders of Facebook fan pages, we now have a readership of 40 NetworkedBlogs followers, and Amazon has lowered the price of subscribing on Kindle from a ridiculous $1.99 to a much more reasonable .99 cents after some negotiation from yours truly.
These developments make me extremely happy as it means The Chronicle is [...]
My name is Riley Carney and I’m sixteen years old. I love to read and I love to write. My book, The Fire Stone, is the first book in a five-book fantasy adventure story for ages 9-14 and it was just released. I have written all five books in the series. I have also completed [...]
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