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Featured Blog Posts – November 2010 Archive (7)

Staff Recent, notable YA book deals

Julianna Baggott's PURE trilogy, a YA/adult crossover dystopian novel about a society of haves, who escaped an apocalypse in a futuristic dome-covered city, and have-nots, who survived the nearly destroyed outside world, to Jaime Levine at Grand Central, in a three-book deal, by Nat Sobel at Sobel Weber Associates (NA).

Debut author Marissa Meyer's four-book YA futuristic, fairy-tale inspired series, starting with CINDER, Cinderella is re-envisioned through teen heroine Cinder,…

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Added by Georgia McBride on November 24, 2010 at 9:39am — No Comments

Young Adult Writers Beware: James Frey is on the prowl again...

James Frey? Who is James Frey? Oprah Book Club......memoir scandle? Ring any bells? Well, James Frey's first novel 'A Million Little Pieces' was published and a part of Oprah's coveted book club, selling eight million copies worldwide. Riding the wave of memoirs, popular back in 2003, until it fell from the sky.

Frey was found and proved to have used fictitious memories in his 'solid' memoir

Follow the link to see the new scheme from James Frey, teetering, if not fully over the… Continue

Added by Adrienne Gelbart on November 23, 2010 at 10:10pm — 2 Comments

Staff Dorchester's new CEO has big plans

Dorchester hires new CEO who plans to "revitalize" Dorchester, who has been criticized for not paying some of its authors. Read full article here.

Added by Georgia McBride on November 16, 2010 at 1:54pm — No Comments

Staff New teen book imprint in the UK

Mira launches new teen book imprint in the UK

Added by Georgia McBride on November 12, 2010 at 12:48pm — No Comments

Do you know Kensington Books?

An interesting blog post highlighting the last, independently owned, private U.S publisher, Kensington Books with an author roster full of New York Times Bestsellers, Literary Award winners and nominees.

Cindy Meyers asks pertinent questions about submitting to Kensington and what authors should ask themselves BEFORE submitting.…

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Added by Adrienne Gelbart on November 9, 2010 at 1:16pm — No Comments

Kick-Ass girls: What YA readers really want.

What do YA readers really want in a female protagonist? These blog posts find the delicate balance between kick ass girls, romance and female stereotypes in YA literature.

http://christacarol.blogspot.com/2010/04/writing-kick-ass-strong-character.html…

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Added by Adrienne Gelbart on November 8, 2010 at 11:48pm — No Comments

Staff Platforms ~ Last Notes with Agent Natalie Fischer

So far, I've shared with you what I learned about queries and first chapters from my webinar with super Agent Natalie Fischer. Today is my final installment and it's to get you thinking about author platforms.

Added by Sheri Larsen on November 8, 2010 at 8:09am — No Comments

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