So I guess if I'm gonna be talking about my novel here, I better let you know actually, like, what it is. I'll totally make some posts about it soon, but for now, here's its tag on tumblr! A lot of it is kind of an inspiration board, just quotes and pictures that remind me of my characters and their story. But if you dig kinda deep (like around page 30), you'll be able to see some actual writing -- stuff I wrote for fun as well as actual excerpts! Wow! This is starting to feel real.
http://paperstar.tumblr.com/tagged/novelties
Sunday, 12 January 2014
Saturday, 11 January 2014
New Year, New Adult
Well, here I am, almost two years later! Since I'm finally working really really hard on my novel, like typing up the very last draft that's gonna be sent out to agents!!!!!!! My goal is to have the full thing completed, and queries sent out, by the start of next semester -- so September. !!!!!!!!!
Re-reading the only post that was on this blog before this one, nothing has changed, except that now I'm in school for Music Theatre and own a pair -- but just one!!! -- of yoga pants. They're from Wal-Mart, though, I didn't go crazy on 'em. I'm still a Baggy Sweatpants kinda girl. I also still am not used to Capital Letters and will try to figure them out on this journey.
And I will use this blog! To document this journey!
Currently I'm trying to work on a Chapter Two that's as clean and shiny and pretty as my Chapter One. I hate Chapter Twos.
Actually, one thing that I know about now that I didn't know about in 2012 -- New Adult Fiction. I think it's definitely where I belong, as my main characters range from age 18-26, which is actually the exact age bracket for main characters in New Adult. I'm very intrigued by the genre, as I think it's a really important time in someone's life! I may just be saying that because that's the time of my life I'm experiencing right now, but it really has been important.
I'm 22 now, and in the past few years I have really figured out who I am, want I want, how I can maybe try getting it -- of course, it's not like I'm ever going to stop learning, but I feel like since I've been 18 or 19, I've really discovered myself. And I think the cool thing about being 18 or 19 or 22 is being able to really start making changes in your life! On your own! As your own person! And if that's not a cool thing to explore in a book, I don't know what is.
I'm wary of the genre, though. I've "Looked Inside" many books, courtesy of Amazon, and I feel that as a whole the writing is not very strong. Like, I've read YA with much stronger and more captivating writing. And of course, as I've found out through my research of the genre, there is this stereotype that New Adult is really porny, or just YA with explicit sex. And that's not my book. There will be sex, I think, if I'm brave enough to write it, but it's not like that's what's exciting about the book -- it's certainly not something that I'll be mentioning in my queries, or that will be on the back cover of the published version (we can pray!!), because it's just not as important to the story as it seems it is in a lot of others.
I'm not trying to hate, though. I'm currently reading "Slammed" by Colleen Hoover, which was the one book whose Amazon preview I was really impressed by, and I'm loving it. Nice, simple writing, really good pacing, realistic characters I'm really connecting to. Awesome.
But I'm curious! How do people feel about the New Adult genre? I've heard it's just a fad, or a marketing ploy. But it's getting popular, and a lot of the books seem to have a lot of potential! And I think my book fits in really well with that genre, when before I didn't have a clue where I could place it. It's kind of a mix between Chick Lit and Literary Fiction. But I wonder if it's too literary for New Adult? Is there room for New Adult Literary? We'll see, I guess!
Let me know if you've read any New Adult and how you feel about it. Anything you think I should read? I'd love to! Thank you so much for hanging out here, guys!
Re-reading the only post that was on this blog before this one, nothing has changed, except that now I'm in school for Music Theatre and own a pair -- but just one!!! -- of yoga pants. They're from Wal-Mart, though, I didn't go crazy on 'em. I'm still a Baggy Sweatpants kinda girl. I also still am not used to Capital Letters and will try to figure them out on this journey.
And I will use this blog! To document this journey!
Currently I'm trying to work on a Chapter Two that's as clean and shiny and pretty as my Chapter One. I hate Chapter Twos.
Actually, one thing that I know about now that I didn't know about in 2012 -- New Adult Fiction. I think it's definitely where I belong, as my main characters range from age 18-26, which is actually the exact age bracket for main characters in New Adult. I'm very intrigued by the genre, as I think it's a really important time in someone's life! I may just be saying that because that's the time of my life I'm experiencing right now, but it really has been important.
I'm 22 now, and in the past few years I have really figured out who I am, want I want, how I can maybe try getting it -- of course, it's not like I'm ever going to stop learning, but I feel like since I've been 18 or 19, I've really discovered myself. And I think the cool thing about being 18 or 19 or 22 is being able to really start making changes in your life! On your own! As your own person! And if that's not a cool thing to explore in a book, I don't know what is.
I'm wary of the genre, though. I've "Looked Inside" many books, courtesy of Amazon, and I feel that as a whole the writing is not very strong. Like, I've read YA with much stronger and more captivating writing. And of course, as I've found out through my research of the genre, there is this stereotype that New Adult is really porny, or just YA with explicit sex. And that's not my book. There will be sex, I think, if I'm brave enough to write it, but it's not like that's what's exciting about the book -- it's certainly not something that I'll be mentioning in my queries, or that will be on the back cover of the published version (we can pray!!), because it's just not as important to the story as it seems it is in a lot of others.
I'm not trying to hate, though. I'm currently reading "Slammed" by Colleen Hoover, which was the one book whose Amazon preview I was really impressed by, and I'm loving it. Nice, simple writing, really good pacing, realistic characters I'm really connecting to. Awesome.
But I'm curious! How do people feel about the New Adult genre? I've heard it's just a fad, or a marketing ploy. But it's getting popular, and a lot of the books seem to have a lot of potential! And I think my book fits in really well with that genre, when before I didn't have a clue where I could place it. It's kind of a mix between Chick Lit and Literary Fiction. But I wonder if it's too literary for New Adult? Is there room for New Adult Literary? We'll see, I guess!
Let me know if you've read any New Adult and how you feel about it. Anything you think I should read? I'd love to! Thank you so much for hanging out here, guys!
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