{"id":1531,"date":"2009-09-17T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:31:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:31:31","slug":"sitting-at-popular-kids-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1531","title":{"rendered":"“Sitting at the Popular Kids’ Table”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"I<\/a>Wow, have I heard that phrase a few times this week!
Here and now I think I should say: I’ve never been a popular kid. (Can’t say for sure about Aquafortis; but I think she was at least approachable, if still popular…) You can still come and sit with us in the kidlitosphere cafeteria. We don’t throw food. <\/p>\n

Well, not too often.<\/p>\n

“If you really want to promote your books most effectively then you have to become part of the blogosphere, plain and simple. You have to spend the time to cultivate a readership which means regular posts on interesting topics.”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chasing Ray writes this week a nice letter welcoming authors to the kidlitosphere table<\/a>, and explaining a few things about blog tours. Authors unsure about blog tours and under pressure from publicists to have one, please read; it’s just a few simple rules for success.<\/p>\n

Linda Joy @ The Spectacle<\/a> points us to a recent great article from Strange Horizons<\/i> YA SFF blogger Karen Healey<\/a>, reporting on the Melbourne Writer’s Festival. The panel titled, “Taking Over The Grown-ups Table” made me wince a bit, but Karen’s fresh-breath-of-air perspective on the lovely collusion of young adult and speculative fiction was great. Here’s a snippet from her column, which she writes to for “criticism, examination, and, most definitely, celebration” of YA speculative fiction:<\/p>\n

“Speculative works aimed at young people don’t just dominate young adult literature sales; they dominate fiction sales. The Harry Potter series famously prompted the split of the New York Times bestseller lists into Adult and Children’s, and then further split Children’s into “series” and “individual” titles. The Twilight saga took four of the top ten positions in most bestseller lists last year, and Stephenie Meyer actually made book tours cool, speaking to lecture halls packed with teenage fans.<\/p>\n

SF fandom isn’t graying. SF fandom is young. It’s writing fanfic, climbing into cosplay, and getting favourite characters and quotes tattooed on its unwrinkled skin. It may come to regret the last, but the sincerity of that devotion cannot be doubted.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

YA speculative fiction isn’t going anywhere. Hopefully some adult SFF lovers will come over to the Dark Side and join us. Or the kids’ table. Or wherever the heck we are. <\/p>\n

The ever-awesome Debbie Ridpath Ohi blogs, cartoons at twitters @Inkygirl.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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