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POLL: What Book Were You FORCED to read in High School?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bria Quinlan Feb 27, 2010. 31 Replies 0 Likes
Hey all, planning a set of blog posts around books people were forced to read in high school that they hated. So I'm looking for input here as to the books you read in high school that you…Continue
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StaffLaura Chesterson left a comment for tehawesomersace--Justina Ireland
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I don't think that agent rejections are the metric you should measure success by. Remember, agents are in the publishing business. They aren't necessarily rejecting your book because the writing isn't up to par or…"
"Connie, try contacting AE Rought who runs the Query Kick Around area. Maybe it will help to get some feedback from others.
There are no hard and fast rules with queries, and only you know what will make your query perfect. But it does help to have…"
"I read the outlines for fifteen similar novels part was like WTF? But then I got to your facebook pages in seven languages I started laughing out loud.
By the time I got to the part about selling out, I was laughing so loud my toddler was staring…"
Bria Quinlan replied to tehawesomersace--Justina Ireland's discussion POLL: What Book Were You FORCED to read in High School?"We just had a great chatter on twitter a lot like this (Kicked off by my not-very-loving Catcher in the Rye comments) and found that people seem to *hate* self-indulgent or self-centered writers/characters. And yet, how many of those are listed as…"
Raven Lucrecia replied to tehawesomersace--Justina Ireland's discussion POLL: What Book Were You FORCED to read in High School?"Well I'm a sophmore and so far we've only read two I didnt like but I hear the next one is a real doozy:) The first one is The Pearl by John Steinbeck and the next is A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.The other sophmore class is…"
Cathy C. Hall replied to tehawesomersace--Justina Ireland's discussion POLL: What Book Were You FORCED to read in High School?"I'd say the books I didn't appreciate until I was ever so much older and wiser were probably Picture of Dorian Gray and Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom. I'm glad I read 'em, gladder still that Sister MM explained 'em. (When…"
Jennifer Wood replied to tehawesomersace--Justina Ireland's discussion POLL: What Book Were You FORCED to read in High School?"I personally hated most Shakespeare at that age except The Taming of the Shrew - loved it, but in college I could appreciate all of it. I absolutely loathed everything about Wuthering Heights and have never tried to read it again."
Leah Odze Epstein replied to tehawesomersace--Justina Ireland's discussion POLL: What Book Were You FORCED to read in High School?"Grendel. Loved his classic book on creative writing. Hated Grendel. #forcedtoreaditinhighschool"
Jessica Love replied to tehawesomersace--Justina Ireland's discussion POLL: What Book Were You FORCED to read in High School?"The Scarlet Letter. Ugh.
At the time, I hated both Old Man and the Sea and Slaughterhouse Five when I was forced to read them, but now as an adult I really appreciate them. I'm a huge Hemingway fan now, and Slaughterhouse Five is one of my…"
"I had to read Things Fall Apart in 8th grade, as part of the Honors course, and it was actually my first experience with anything that was genre fiction (not fantasy or romance or scifi...). Surprisingly I enjoyed it quite a bit and still enjoy…"
"Ohhh let's see--I hated all but three of the books I had to read in HS (Edith Hamilton's Mythology, Oedipus Cycle and And There Were None).
The Scarlett Letter, Poems of Lord Byron, Schindler's List, The Pigman, Scarlett…"
Bonita Kale replied to tehawesomersace--Justina Ireland's discussion POLL: What Book Were You FORCED to read in High School?"Oh, that's so sad, to have Tolkien spoiled.
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Pitch Contest at CJLA
Posted on January 22, 2010 at 4:44pm 7 Comments 0 Likes
When: January 29, 2010 from 7pm until 9:30pm
Where: CJLA website-forums
We always get excited about the start of new year here at CJLA because it means we have more time to dive into reading queries and manuscripts. To kick of the new year with a bang, CJLA is holding an online pitch fest. That means you'll get a chance to pitch your books to either Caren or Elana and receive feedback on your pitch/ book. We'll be requesting the most intriguing ones.
This will… Continue
Where: CJLA website-forums
We always get excited about the start of new year here at CJLA because it means we have more time to dive into reading queries and manuscripts. To kick of the new year with a bang, CJLA is holding an online pitch fest. That means you'll get a chance to pitch your books to either Caren or Elana and receive feedback on your pitch/ book. We'll be requesting the most intriguing ones.
This will… Continue
Comment Wall (11 comments)
- At 12:34am on December 16, 2011,
StaffLaura Chesterson said… To Justina
From Laura and YALitChat!!
- At 10:54pm on April 19, 2011,
Cindy L. Rodriguez said… - I saw the news about your book selling. Congratulations!
- At 3:16pm on January 27, 2010,
J.L. Spelbring said… - Thanks for the B-day wishes
- At 5:24pm on January 11, 2010,
Michal Putman said… - No, not an outliner... just thought it might be a good idea to know where we want the story to go.
- At 10:22am on December 15, 2009,
StaffGeorgia McBride said… - Happy, happy, happy birthday! Sorry I won't be able to send what you are hoping for. LOL.
- At 8:17am on December 8, 2009,
StaffGeorgia McBride said… - Yeah! Meeting your agent for the first time. That's awesome. Danielle right? I can't remember. Old lady brain at work once again. Good luck and have fun.
- At 8:35pm on December 2, 2009,
StaffGeorgia McBride said… - Same here-except the block. Just got back on the bandwagon after a few days off. SMP contest had me pretty busy. Gonna do a few more pages before #YAlitchat. Hope writer's block gets better. I freaking HATE it!
- At 8:24pm on December 2, 2009,
StaffGeorgia McBride said… - Your love for queries is obvious. You are VERY good at it. We're talking about it in our chat tonight on twitter. I wasn't coming down on you! I hope you didn't take it that way! Just don't want ppl using your AWESOME queries and never learning anything. People WILL cut and paste. You have no idea. Anyway-you are a GEM and a great help to this communuity. Thanks so much!
- At 7:49pm on December 2, 2009,
StaffGeorgia McBride said… - You should writer queries for a living. Really. You're really good at it. BUT, you should also pace yourself. Give advice but help people learn--not just let them copy what you wrote w/o learning. You are VERY good at writing queries. You should consider offering it as a pay service. My .02.
- At 1:30pm on November 22, 2009,
StaffGeorgia McBride said… - Thanks for the compliments on my miniatures. They are a handful.
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