Here's a brief excerpt of his bit on John Scalzi's blog:Leviathan is often described as a steampunk series, and fair enough (walking tanks!). But it hews closer to alternate history than most steampunk, with the son of the Archduke Ferdinand a character, and the timeline for the early war matching our own history closely. But... Continue Reading →
St. Martin’s Press: new YAish imprint
Georgia McBride has news on her blog about a new imprint at St. Martin's, apparently meant to be a hybrid between YA and adult publishing.From Publishers Marketplace November 4, 2009Dan Weiss Joins SMP As Publisher at LargeFormer SparkNotes publisher and packager Dan Weiss is the latest seasoned executive to join Macmillan, taking the new position... Continue Reading →
250-word YA novel contest from Sourcebooks–November only!
Sourcebooks (in conjunction with NaNoWriMo, the Gotham Writer’s Workshop, and some guest judges from a variety of publishing houses) is hosting a 250-word YA Novel contest to encourage would-be YA authors.If you have a YA novel--or a YA novel idea--you can submit the FIRST 250 words for a chance to have the idea seen by... Continue Reading →
YA releases: a handy tracker
Wonder what's coming out when in the world of YA? Wonder no more. This site tracks that for you.
Contest for completed YA novels
Literary agent Anna Webman of Curtis Brown Ltd. wants to see your stuff! She has generously agreed to peruse the first five pages plus a synopsis of your YA novel. The details:This contest is for completed Young Adult novels only. (All the genres that fall under the YA umbrella.)The contest will open this Tuesday, November... Continue Reading →
The difference between MG and YA
The MiG Writers blog has posted on the difference between MG and YA novels, explaining how length, subject matter, intended audience, and other factors work together to determine where a book belongs: For those unfamiliar with the acronyms, MG = “middle grade” and YA = “young adult.” But what’s the difference? I’ve come across different... Continue Reading →
On the book you wrote vs. the one you thought you were writing
Justine Larbalestier, author of LIAR and other YA novels, talks about her process in this interesting post: The Book You Thought You Were Going to WriteWhen I first got the idea for Liar I thought it would be a comedy. I thought it would be a goofy, screwball comedy with a protag who was lying... Continue Reading →
Sourcebooks adds teen imprint
This is from Publishers Weekly:Chicagoland-headquartered Sourcebooks announced Tuesday that it will launch a young adult imprint in spring 2010. The imprint, called Sourcebooks Fire, will publish YA fiction “of all kinds,” including, according to Sourcebooks publicity director Heather Moore, “heart-wrenching romance, laugh-out-loud humor, haunting mystery, or thrilling fantasy.” Sourcebooks Fire, she added, “has no pre-defined... Continue Reading →
Time Traveler’s Wife: an interview with the author
So Writer's Digest has a great interview with Audrey Niffenegger, who wrote The TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE and just scored an advance in the neighborhood of $5 million for her new novel.The best part is the last paragraph, in which she inadvertently reveals she maybe doesn't read a lot of YA: Would you classify that as... Continue Reading →
Word count for novels and children’s books
Chuck Sambuchino has what he calls the definitive post on word counts for children's books and novels. The most important thing here is to realize that there are always exceptions to these rules. And man, people love to point out exceptions - and they always will. However, if there is one thing I remember from... Continue Reading →