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What Magical Realism ISN’T

What Magical Realism ISN’T

by Michelle | Aug 4, 2015 | agenty stuff, not for me, querying, reading, recent, storytelling, writing

This is second in a five-part series on Magical Realism. If you haven’t read Part 1: What Is Magical Realism?, I’d recommend starting there.   “Eddie had come to understand that what a man saw and what actually existed in the natural world often were...

Openings that Don’t Get Me Excited

by Michelle | Aug 27, 2013 | agenty stuff, authors, craft, not for me, publishing, querying, reading, storytelling, writing

Let’s start at the very beginning. It’s a very good place to start. Or not. Thing is, how your novel opens is vital to telling the rest of your story. Start in the wrong place, and you might never catch a reader’s attention enough to get them to more...

New Adult

by Michelle | Jan 16, 2013 | agenty stuff, authors, bookselling, e-books, kidlit, NA, not for me, publishers, publishing, querying, rant, reading, self-publishing, storytelling, writing, YA

Update (4/23/13): In the three months since I originally wrote this post, New Adult has progressed significantly to the point where some of this information is obsolete or opposite from what I wrote earlier. So I’ve revised the post below to reflect new changes...
What do you mean by “weary”?

What do you mean by “weary”?

by Michelle | May 1, 2012 | agenty stuff, authors, kidlit, MSWL, NA, not for me, publishers, publishing, querying, rant, self-publishing, writing, YA

I’m getting questions from writers curious about why I’d specifically say I’m weary of paranormal romance and dystopian, so let me explain. By the time a book hits the shelves, it’s already old hat for agents and editors. Most fiction is...
Danger of the “bad boy” fantasy in YA

Danger of the “bad boy” fantasy in YA

by Michelle | Apr 2, 2012 | agenty stuff, authors, kidlit, MSWL, not for me, publishers, publishing, querying, rant, reading, respect, storytelling, writing, YA

Update: For another perspective on this, using one YA book as an example, see Bookshop’s post Bad Romance (or YA and rape culture). I’ve been noticing something disturbing with quite a few of the beautiful paranormal romances currently shimmering on...
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