My blog is a platform for what my publisher wants, and while my own feelings certainly align, I did not intend to "pigeonhole" people.
I understand that there are realities to blogging as part of a position within the industry, and I certainly understand that you're not the person to speak to if I truly wanted to hold someone accountable for this idea.
But you do very much have power over what assumptions you do make and what words you use when speaking. Just as I have power over my assumptions and my words. Speaking of, I apologize for making or sounding like I made any assumptions as to your race or body type. I did actually know you were engaged to be married as you mentioned it in on your blog. I was absolutely wrong if anything I said made you think this. While it wasn't my intent, my intents aren't important, only my results.
I hope you'll take from this that my anger is shared by others, and I'm sure that St. Martin's doesn't want to alienate any potential readers/buyers. So perhaps, in the future, you could focus on "new adult" being about the stories and leave off making statements about readers.
Because I think you'll find that these in-between stories are beloved by more than just 20-something readers. I can show you my 55-year-old uncle who loved Twilight and my 36-year-old friend who regularly recommends books like Ash by Malinda Lo because they're just too good to pass up.
So think about these readers. And think about the precocious younger readers who may only be 13 or 14 and reaching upward in their reading. They exist, and more importantly, they buy. So don't forget them and don't alienate them and try, if you can, not to make statements about them.
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Date: 2009-11-18 12:59 am (UTC)I understand that there are realities to blogging as part of a position within the industry, and I certainly understand that you're not the person to speak to if I truly wanted to hold someone accountable for this idea.
But you do very much have power over what assumptions you do make and what words you use when speaking. Just as I have power over my assumptions and my words. Speaking of, I apologize for making or sounding like I made any assumptions as to your race or body type. I did actually know you were engaged to be married as you mentioned it in on your blog. I was absolutely wrong if anything I said made you think this. While it wasn't my intent, my intents aren't important, only my results.
I hope you'll take from this that my anger is shared by others, and I'm sure that St. Martin's doesn't want to alienate any potential readers/buyers. So perhaps, in the future, you could focus on "new adult" being about the stories and leave off making statements about readers.
Because I think you'll find that these in-between stories are beloved by more than just 20-something readers. I can show you my 55-year-old uncle who loved Twilight and my 36-year-old friend who regularly recommends books like Ash by Malinda Lo because they're just too good to pass up.
So think about these readers. And think about the precocious younger readers who may only be 13 or 14 and reaching upward in their reading. They exist, and more importantly, they buy. So don't forget them and don't alienate them and try, if you can, not to make statements about them.