I'm still trying to learn about the YA genre but it seems as if some writers are crossing over because YA seems to be the "hot" ticket right now.
I think that might be part of my reluctance, to tell you the truth, to ever write YA. Because I tend to get a little wary of hot ticket items. Because they cool down fairly quickly sometimes, and because I remember when Snarky Heroines In Leather Who Shag Vampires became all the rage in urban fantasy. Now the shelves are clogged with sub-par tomes because that's the "hot ticket", and now some agents/publishers (and definitely some readers) are starting to say, "No more vampires!"
So I'm wondering if the same dip in quality will happen in YA as writers who haven't really been YA fans/readers pour in to take advantage of the gold rush.
Also, part of me resists the idea because I appreciated the books I had in my younger years that were written specifically for me, my age group, and were written by authors who were very sensitive to the things that were important in my life at that age and didn't talk down to me. Because even at age 9 or 10 or 14? I was pretty discerning about which books were "Adults Writing About Kids" and which ones were "Adults Writing About How They Think Kids Are".
And the good books were my refuge. And I'd hate to see that refuge get destroyed for kids because a bunch of adult writers just wanted to "cash in" on a trend.
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Date: 2009-07-15 11:35 am (UTC)I think that might be part of my reluctance, to tell you the truth, to ever write YA. Because I tend to get a little wary of hot ticket items. Because they cool down fairly quickly sometimes, and because I remember when Snarky Heroines In Leather Who Shag Vampires became all the rage in urban fantasy. Now the shelves are clogged with sub-par tomes because that's the "hot ticket", and now some agents/publishers (and definitely some readers) are starting to say, "No more vampires!"
So I'm wondering if the same dip in quality will happen in YA as writers who haven't really been YA fans/readers pour in to take advantage of the gold rush.
Also, part of me resists the idea because I appreciated the books I had in my younger years that were written specifically for me, my age group, and were written by authors who were very sensitive to the things that were important in my life at that age and didn't talk down to me. Because even at age 9 or 10 or 14? I was pretty discerning about which books were "Adults Writing About Kids" and which ones were "Adults Writing About How They Think Kids Are".
And the good books were my refuge. And I'd hate to see that refuge get destroyed for kids because a bunch of adult writers just wanted to "cash in" on a trend.