tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post2817542564991198564..comments2024-03-29T05:05:13.961-04:00Comments on YA Authors You've Never Heard Of: CommunityChristine Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657651210128892443noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-39616596683722063502010-11-29T04:31:23.121-05:002010-11-29T04:31:23.121-05:00A tricky one for me. I have never belonged to (or ...A tricky one for me. I have never belonged to (or felt comfortable within) a clique and have always had few friends (one or two if any). I tend to write loners/outsiders if/when I write because that is who/what I was/am. Then again, the clique setup was probably less solid when/where I was at school (80s/UK) than in the US. I do wonder if there would be a market/readership for such stories, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-76375577742415394942010-11-26T20:36:41.606-05:002010-11-26T20:36:41.606-05:00Communities. I do have them in my YA stories and I...Communities. I do have them in my YA stories and I kind of tend to work on how these private and supportive communities are formed. The latest has sixteen with eight of them taking the spotlight roles. Differentiating them was difficult.Janet Lane Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-37478283510522723332010-11-26T09:07:04.995-05:002010-11-26T09:07:04.995-05:00Finges of communities, or where two different comm...Finges of communities, or where two different communities rub against each other, are what interest me the most. Especially when individual characters bring their peoples' histories and cultures with them into modern teen life. Very good article, Kathy. You've given me much to ponder.Darby Karchuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03438062835557638468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-66636980072792997882010-11-25T22:18:57.491-05:002010-11-25T22:18:57.491-05:00Great article. I enjoy finding communities that ar...Great article. I enjoy finding communities that are different to the norm. My first thought was the Hunger Games series. I also think it's fun to take a "normal" school or house or town and add a twist too it, something that is unexpected.<br /><br />Your post has started me to thinking about my character's community more.Beverly Stowe McClurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176195451841801819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-13831924955872488732010-11-25T12:13:29.935-05:002010-11-25T12:13:29.935-05:00Interesting insight about why readers can be so ve...Interesting insight about why readers can be so vehement about defending the books they like to read: it gives them a kind of "shorthand" to have topics to discuss with anyone who is also into the same books. This is applicable to any other kind of medium as well, but since books readers are a small percentage of the population, it's an even smaller group with whom you will share a love of those particular books. I taught all 4 of my kids to love reading...they had no choice, their mother is an unemployed English teacher!Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-46480014429117420582010-11-25T11:09:53.433-05:002010-11-25T11:09:53.433-05:00Personally, I'm kind of over the whole prep or...Personally, I'm kind of over the whole prep or boarding school settings in recent YA books. My own books have kids in public schools as I know this is more realistic. I joked to dh the other day, "So do all boarding schools have paranormal activity? Sign me up!"<br /><br />I do have Lupe in EARRINGS attending a private school but that's not the main setting of my story which has her in the alternative world of Ixtumea.<br /><br />Now that I'm homeschooling(a recent trend throughout the US) I might have a future character involved with that.Kim Baccelliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304806976633973536noreply@blogger.com