{"id":1929,"date":"2008-07-16T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:29:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:29:25","slug":"escape-to-wildkingdom-no-not-that-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1929","title":{"rendered":"Escape To “Wild”…Kingdom. No, Not THAT One…"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Oh, wow, remember the animal show with the bad segues into insurance talk? That was Wild Kingdom<\/a>, back in, what, nineteen eighty? Sorry. Flashback. Happens when I’m revising heavily.) <\/p>\n

At Finding Wonderland, we loved us some Into the Wild<\/a>. It was superfun that it was included in our Cybils nominations as well. (Yay!) And Out of the Wild<\/a> is tons of fun as well, which is why I had a great time reviewing it with Jules and Eisha of the blog, Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast. <\/p>\n


Jules:<\/b>“Durst took me in places I didn\u2019t expect to go.”<\/i>
eisha<\/b>“And I loved the encounter with the Wolf \u2013 that was seriously scary, and totally nasty.”<\/i>
tadmack<\/b>“The word \u2018clots\u2019 was used. Clots. People, I was traumatized.”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Definitely go see<\/a> what else was said, in more coherent form.<\/p>\n

We don’t often do reviews here (we put the bulk of them on Readers’ Rants<\/a> and The Edge of the Forest<\/a>), but we wanted to give a big high five or something else eighties and nerdy to the 7-Imps for including us in their tri-review, and just a high five and a hip-check in general for all that they’ve done in the blogosphere. Here’s to keeping them around — at their own pace — for years to come. <\/p>\n

Almost done with the major heavy lifting in terms of revision. Meanwhile, I’ve sneaked a quick look around the blogosphere, and noticed The Shrinking Violets<\/a> Marketing Guide to Launching a Book. WOW. That’s a lot of work… which I should consider doing. At some point. I guess.<\/p>\n

Interactive Reader<\/a> blogs about the trend in ebooks for teens — is it a trend if there’s only been LITTLE BROTHER<\/i> before now? Anyway, there’s a new one you can test drive via your Blackberry or whatever — Savvy<\/a>, by Ingrid Law. Hmm. Will have to check that out.<\/p>\n

I absolutely adore the Mother Reader Summer Book Club<\/a>, and they’re reading one of my favorite funny books, Happy Kid!<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh, the conversations I have missed!! Read Roger<\/a> feels that brand name dropping in YA lit is …okay. Many adult authors do it. I guess that’s …some… justification, and many people don’t get too upset about it, but I remember high school as being a time when I just plain was too dorky to be a teen, and too young to be an adult. Designer label clothes weren’t something we could afford, and their presence wasn’t something I could avoid — except in the alternate reality of books. Nowadays, reality is a bit intrusive… Meanwhile, my editor staunchly supports the idea of not including anything that can date a book, which includes brand names. Society is fickle — things are “in” and “out” too quickly to be included in fiction, methinks.<\/p>\n

Finally, check out Cynsations, for a chance to win a copy of Immortal<\/i><\/a>: Love Stories With Bite. All you vampire fans, you know what to do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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