In some of my old posts, I talked about Race in YA literature. One of my favorite young adult literature authors, Malinda Lo, announced that an old site that she and author Cindy Pon created while they did a national book tour in 2011 has been revived. I reviewed Lo’s extensive blog before, and I’m happy to see that she helped bring back the website titled “Diversity in YA” on Tumblr. The site gives space to presentation of books, awards, and discussion. On their home page, they state their encompassing mission when they write, “We celebrate young adult books about all kinds of diversity, from race to sexual orientation to gender identity and disability. We hope you’ll enjoy celebrating them with us.” It would…
Jenn Falls – My Writing Journey
Posts tagged “Hunger Games”
When Hunger Games became popular, a part of me got sad. As much as I liked the concept and thought that author Suzanne Collins pushed the limits in a good way, I actually got a little depressed, and I expressed a little of my frustration in one of my first blogs. Why? Because one of my novel concepts was very similar. I created a dystopian world with a female protagonist with limited movement in the world. She was also a rebel-at-heart who encouraged others to buck the system controlled by those with money who were disconnected with the reality of life outside their space. While it wasn’t the same story, surely the way I told it and how I wrote would help get it…
This past weekend, I attended the James River Writers Conference (in its 10th year!) in Richmond, VA. I had a great time attending panels and learning so much from what literary agents look for in queries and first pages to how authors went from humble writers like me to published authors speaking to participants at a writing conference. It truly was a privilege to get to listen to and meet two particular authors this weekend. Lana Krumwiede is the author of Freakling, a very cool middle-grade/young adult sci-fi and fantasy book. When talking to us during the panel “Young Adult Explosion”, she really inspired many of us to persevere to get our work out there. We got a little taste of what it was…
Falls Into Writing 