Comments on: YA Past, Present, Future http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/12/03/ya-past-present-future/ Ten Authors. Five Genres. One Blog. Because the only thing scarier than a loaded gun pointed at your head....is writing about it. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:50:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lynnie http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/12/03/ya-past-present-future/#comment-237602 Lynnie Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:19:41 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3485#comment-237602 Oh boy! What a subject! I loved YA when I was a YA. Allison, I'm not that much younger than you but I must have hit it at the right time. Some of these authors I haven't heard of but I've got another one to add to the list: Christopher Pike. I think I read just about everything of his I could get my hands on. Lois Duncan, the Sweet Valley High series, etc. One of the reasons I have disliked the TWILIGHT series the most is that it just seems so under written. It's like Meyer wanted it to sound like it came from a teenage girls head, but it just doesn't gel for me (on the other hand, S.E. Hinton di did a great job of sounding like a teenage boy). Maybe because I spend so much time around teenagers... Another reason is that it seems like a pale imitation of the vampire series I read as a teenager, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES. My friend Valerie and I were obsessed with that series! I haven't watched the tv series based on it because I know the storyline has been changed, and I can't bear to see how its been cannibalized. Oh boy! What a subject! I loved YA when I was a YA. Allison, I’m not that much younger than you but I must have hit it at the right time. Some of these authors I haven’t heard of but I’ve got another one to add to the list: Christopher Pike. I think I read just about everything of his I could get my hands on. Lois Duncan, the Sweet Valley High series, etc.

One of the reasons I have disliked the TWILIGHT series the most is that it just seems so under written. It’s like Meyer wanted it to sound like it came from a teenage girls head, but it just doesn’t gel for me (on the other hand, S.E. Hinton di did a great job of sounding like a teenage boy). Maybe because I spend so much time around teenagers…

Another reason is that it seems like a pale imitation of the vampire series I read as a teenager, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES. My friend Valerie and I were obsessed with that series! I haven’t watched the tv series based on it because I know the storyline has been changed, and I can’t bear to see how its been cannibalized.

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I do read YA occasionally. For me, it’s always been more about what catches my interest the genre.

I’m not sure what YA books provide that adult books don’t. Maybe the way things are so fresh and vivid to a teenager/young adult? Maybe that they can’t rely on sex as much in the story telling? I’m not sure. It’s a good question.

By the way I love Alyson Noel, both the person and her books! Wish I had an ARC of SHADOWLAND! Kelly is so lucky!

]]> By: Allison Brennan http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/12/03/ya-past-present-future/#comment-237594 Allison Brennan Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:40:16 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3485#comment-237594 You ARE special :) You ARE special :)

]]> By: Kelly (a.k.a daughter #2) http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/12/03/ya-past-present-future/#comment-237593 Kelly (a.k.a daughter #2) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:36:53 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3485#comment-237593 Oh goodness, a blog dedicated to me, MY do I feel special... There's probably a WHOLE lot I could comment/add to this blog but I guess I'll just save that for the blog I'm apparently writing in 2 weeks :twisted: Oh goodness, a blog dedicated to me, MY do I feel special…
There’s probably a WHOLE lot I could comment/add to this blog but I guess I’ll just save that for the blog I’m apparently writing in 2 weeks :twisted:

]]> By: Jill James http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/12/03/ya-past-present-future/#comment-237590 Jill James Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:10:29 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3485#comment-237590 I can so see a teenage Bobbie Faye blowing up the high school! I can so see a teenage Bobbie Faye blowing up the high school!

]]> By: Allison Brennan http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/12/03/ya-past-present-future/#comment-237589 Allison Brennan Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:31:54 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3485#comment-237589 Good idea. I'll talk to her today! :) Good idea. I’ll talk to her today! :)

]]> By: Toni McGee Causey http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/12/03/ya-past-present-future/#comment-237588 Toni McGee Causey Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:53:07 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3485#comment-237588 Like Karin, I am woefully under-read when it comes to YA. My boys were not big readers, though my youngest did love the Harry Potter books and had to read all of them the day they came out. For a complete non-reader, that was a big deal for me. Plus, there just wasn't the variety available for them or for me to pick from to foist on them as there is now. Now, however, I'm pretty fascinated with the YA stories coming out, because I do think I have a YA voice. I've got a couple of ideas. What I'd love? If Kelly would post some of her favorites and a sentence or so about why they were her favorites? It's the "why" that would truly be interesting, if she's up for that. Like Karin, I am woefully under-read when it comes to YA. My boys were not big readers, though my youngest did love the Harry Potter books and had to read all of them the day they came out. For a complete non-reader, that was a big deal for me. Plus, there just wasn’t the variety available for them or for me to pick from to foist on them as there is now.

Now, however, I’m pretty fascinated with the YA stories coming out, because I do think I have a YA voice. I’ve got a couple of ideas.

What I’d love? If Kelly would post some of her favorites and a sentence or so about why they were her favorites? It’s the “why” that would truly be interesting, if she’s up for that.

]]> By: Karin Tabke http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/12/03/ya-past-present-future/#comment-237586 Karin Tabke Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:10:14 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3485#comment-237586 i am sorely under read and have never read a YA. growing up it was straight up romance novels for moi! all of that said, i am going to broaden my reading horizons. soon. after this book is in the can. i am sorely under read and have never read a YA. growing up it was straight up romance novels for moi!

all of that said, i am going to broaden my reading horizons. soon. after this book is in the can.

]]> By: Karen Olson http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/12/03/ya-past-present-future/#comment-237584 Karen Olson Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:25:46 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3485#comment-237584 My daughter is 12 and reading YA books now, and I've picked up a couple she's raved about. I just finished GENERATION DEAD by Daniel Waters, a teenage zombie book that's really exceptional and nothing I ever thought I'd like. Julia's also racing through James Patterson's Maximum Ride series, although I haven't tried those yet. I agree that voice is the biggest factor in YA fiction. I've got an idea I've been thinking about for a while now, and when I'm done with my next book I may give it a go. My daughter is 12 and reading YA books now, and I’ve picked up a couple she’s raved about. I just finished GENERATION DEAD by Daniel Waters, a teenage zombie book that’s really exceptional and nothing I ever thought I’d like. Julia’s also racing through James Patterson’s Maximum Ride series, although I haven’t tried those yet. I agree that voice is the biggest factor in YA fiction. I’ve got an idea I’ve been thinking about for a while now, and when I’m done with my next book I may give it a go.

]]> By: HollyD http://www.murdershewrites.com/2009/12/03/ya-past-present-future/#comment-237583 HollyD Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:22:43 +0000 http://www.murdershewrites.com/?p=3485#comment-237583 Oops, I forgot to mention the Harry Potter series. I loved it. St. Martin's is looking for books that are for the twentysomethings. I wonder if they are just seeing too many YA submissions. Oops, I forgot to mention the Harry Potter series. I loved it.

St. Martin’s is looking for books that are for the twentysomethings. I wonder if they are just seeing too many YA submissions.

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