Week 7

Assignment 1- Check! The chart was fun.

Week 7: Assignment 2
Read any two of the following short articles. Post comments on your blog, and make comments on two colleagues’ blogs.

I read "New Adult" and "Not Just for Teens". New Adult is not a sub-genre I think I've find myself thinking about. I still find myself thinking about the "Teen" section as "Young Adult", which in my opinion, covers many more readers than "Teen" and "New Adult".

As for the article, "Not Just for Teens", I liked how they quoted David Levithan and Libba Bray. Levithan was quoted as saying that when he writes, he's usually writing for his friends, not a specific audience. Bray was quoted as trying to write as honestly as possible and when she starts thinking about how her books will appeal to different audiences, she's no longer in the story. I'm also glad the article mentioned that a lot of adult writers are doing genre cross-overs. I read a lot of teen books because they are by authors that I enjoy in General Fiction, Romance, or Sc-Fi/Fantasy and I know that I like the writing style and the story development already. Where it's located in a book store or library doesn't impact my selection process.

I commented on Tina P. and


week 7: Assignment 3
As a fan of the Mortal Instruments series, I folled Cassandra Clare. She contributes to the site and right now, it is full of promos for the upcoming movie, photos of the cast on a re-movie tour, and fan artwork. Fans of her Shadow Hunter world are her intended audience and I think that, yes, the site is successful because some posts have 2000+ notes!

I also followed Forever Young Adult which kind ouf wound up being a trap that ate a lot of time, but I enjoyed every second of being lost in there. It's geared to Young Adult readers who are a little more Adult and a little less young. Quoted straight from their "about FYA" page: FYA is a place where you can let your inner Lady Nerd loose and swoon over fictional characters without shame (while sipping on a cocktail). From book reviews to TV crushes to movie drinking games, it's basically a non-stop internet slumber party, and you're totally invited! They have a "New Fake Boyriend" link, a "Literary Mysterious Dude Hall of Fame" link, and lots and lots of chatter about upcoming projects. It's where I found out Lifetime is making another movie of "Flowers in the Attic"! Basically, I am the intended audience and I find the site successful enough that I am going to check in on this site often of my own volition! :-)


Week 7: Assignment 4:

Browsing a little through Harlequin Teen, Harper Teen and Little/Brown Books for Teens, the trend I see is that 90% of the upcoming teen titles are dystopian or paranormal. Again, I am adding to my "to read" list. :-)

I'm not going to lie: This week's assignment took the longest and was finished last because there was LOTS of stuff goingon in this week. Not a bad thing, mind you, but just time consuming.