February 2012
44 posts
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of...”
– CS Lewis (via robinwasserman)
Maureen Johnson: WOULD YOU LIKE A NAME OF THE STAR... →
maureenjohnsonbooks:
I have been SHOUTING about this on Twitter, but I wanted to CODIFY this into a COMPREHENSIVE BLOG POST which I invite … no, BEG you to share.
So, March 1st is World Book Day. In England, World Book Day is celebrated by the giving out of £1 book tokens to students and many other wonderful…
“I’ve had librarians say to me, “People in my school don’t agree with...”
– David Levithan - Supporting Gay Teen Literature (via cake-light)
theninjareader asked: Hey Sarah. I'm writing a post on heroic ladies in YA and I wondered, what traits in an MC do you consider heroic? And what examples can you give of heroic ladies in YA?
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Anonymous asked: hi! this is going to sound kind of weird but i was wondering, are you gay? or bi? im a lesbian and i don't know about any gay or bi authors and i really want to! if you would prefer not to answer this, i completely understand, but maybe you know some authors like that who i might enjoy? btw LOVE your books!
’ Anonymous asked you:
In your biography, it says that you completed a Master of Creative Writing. What subjects did you take when you did the degree? And did you find your degree to be very useful when setting out to write and publish your novel? I am enrolled in a similar postgraduate degree this year and was curious about your thoughts :)’
‘Anonymous asked you:
Hallo...
sequinedlovenun57 asked: Let me start off saying that you are just simply GORGEOUS! Absolutely beautiful inside and out. I know that's a bit cliche to say but it's 100% true. The Demons Lexicon series was so incredible, making me laugh and cry all the time! So incredible! I'm very excited to see you at the Romantic Times Convention 2012! (Woo woo!) and I was wondering if I could buy the whole trilogy there?
Anonymous asked: Very happy that Jared likes classical music! I love classical (basically instrumental in general), so it's great to hear that a character from one of my favorite authors likes it too, especially when it's so underappreciated by the populace, especially the teenage population. *hates getting asked what music she likes* So thank you!
sequinedlovenun57 asked: Hello my dear Madam Sarah! I asked Miss Clare this but I want to know what you think. Who do you think would win in a fight: Gandalf or Dumbledore?
Anonymous asked: Hey Sarah! Ive only just gotten into reading YA fantasy and ive read quite a lot of awesome books over the past few months (including your own trilogy which was amazing). I was wondering if you have any recommendations of recent YA books that feature a male protagonist as the narrator? On your suggestion i picked up Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey and i loved it, so i'd really appreciate any more...
peppermintcreams asked: SARAHSARAHSARAH. I just had a thought. It really hurt, but whatever. Do we get a fandom name? Like - Doctor Who is whovians, and for Cassie Clare we're shadow hunters, can we have something for the Demon's Lexicon fandom?
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Happy Valentine's Day!
Lord Edward Fitzgerald, who was an Irish revolutionary, aristocrat, and had such a HUGE CRUSH on a lady sleuth in a Gothic novel he named his boat after her.
The Woman In White parody, for all y’all.
http://sarahtales.livejournal.com/194421.html
Anonymous asked: I noticed that you cross out your printed name when autographing books. Why? I have some signed books where the author does that and some where they do not, and it doesn't seem to follow any genre or regional standard. Naturally, this has me assuming that it's a signal or possibly part of some special author secret code.
clio.: I am sick of people arbitrarily bashing... →
bookshop:
It’s official: Katherine Heigl will not rest until every last person on Earth is a misogynist. A self-made woman who seems to be deeply uncomfortable with the notion of her own success, it’s as if Heigl is only interested in roles that portray single women as being one good man…
(Haven’t yet read the post, may be an excellent post, just really agree with this point.)
Women who...
Anonymous asked: O Sarah, I know you have a rec list as long as the Amazon river, but you really have to push NIKITA to the top. It is an awesome show. It has TWO kick-ass female leads & passes the Bechdel test in every episode! There are loads of other female characters with their own - wait for it! - agendas. There's all the fantastic characterization, plotting and twists and turns that make sense and...
“This genre is rooted in the epic — and the truth is that there are plenty of...”
– —N.K. Jemisin, “Dreaming Awake,” an essay on being a woman of color writing fantastic fiction (via matociquala
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“My parents would frisk me before family events. Before weddings, funerals, bar...”
– Neil Gaiman (via booksandnerds)
… My mother asked me to give up books for Lent once. I was so quiet. She wanted to talk and interact more.
Two days later, with me pressed up against the bathroom door and her inside, with forty-eight hours behind us of me being the noisiest person in a house...
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theninjareader asked: Hey Sarah! I was just wondering, do you ever have those slumps us lesser mortals get in the middle of a WIP? And if you do, how would you suggest dealing with them? (My first reaction is despair before throwing in some dragons, but I also hear that approach lacks finesse.)
ishmaeldreaming asked: Hi Sarah! I was surprised today when a computer algorithm told me that you had written two stories I'd never heard of - Queen of Atlantis, and, An Old-Fashioned Unicorn's Guide to Courtship. What are these, short stories? Have I missed something everyone else knew about? Would you like them to be read, or are they something you'd prefer we didn't? Isi
no-evil-shall-escape-my-sight asked: Hello! Firstly, I have to tell you that The Demon's Lexicon trilogy is my favourite series of books. Ever. And I have read A LOT of books. Anyway, I wanted to say that I really admire how you develop your characters in such detail; they all have their own unique personality and aspects. So I was wondering - is this hard to for you to do? Because I have trouble getting my character's...
Anonymous asked: What are some tropes that you are really interested in subverting/reworking/reimagining/etc but haven't gotten a chance to tackle yet? I'm particularly interested in the genres you haven't been published in (High Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Dystopian, etc) though whatever you want to answer is totally good too :)
Anonymous asked: Are you going to have any ARC competitions for Team Human or Unspoken, like you did for your Demon's Lexicon series?
“Disdain for “political correctness” is often positioned as a concern that some...”
– by Tami at whattamisaid.com (via femfreq)
YES. YES YES YES.
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Yep. And it’s one of the fastest ways to earn the LaT Side-Eye.
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SRB repeats herself, but…I dislike the term ‘politically correct’ because I so often hear it used with a sneer, and because the...
'Miseducation': A Cowgirl Coming-Out Story For... →
malindalo:
Last month I read an awesome novel that I was asked to review for NPR. This is the review.
thewellreadcarrot asked: Do you know the name of the anthology that you posted about? I would love to post a blog/reblog post about it, since we learn the most about our world through stories and experiences that create these stories. Thanks!
On kerfuffles and gay romance and giveaways →
I admit… I think indignation and anger over the state of things is awesome, and necessary, and I fully sympathise with it and share it! But I do worry sometimes that the internet only wants to punish: I don’t see a tenth as much support for LGBT authors or stories, and that… makes it difficult for them to exist too…
‘Last year, there was an outcry over a YA anthology...
elucreh asked: Sarah, I realise you are probably being PELTED with recs now that you've said that, but really, you must try Rizzoli and Isles. YOU MUST.
impulsiveobsessions asked: I just wanted to say thank you so very very much for answering my ask. My problem is that I don't want it to seem like I am "following the crowd", so when trends pick up, I tend to hide in a corner like a feral cat and hiss at passersby. Bad habit. But! After your enouraging words, I'm going to crawl out of my pity corner and keep writing the things I want to write. Trendy...
Anonymous asked: Seeing you say you like shows with a female lead, have you seen The Good Wife? It has a lady as the title character and some awesome lady secondary characters and whilst the Good Wife's relationship with her husband is obviously an important thing, the really important relationship on the show is the friendship between Alicia (the good wife in question) and Kalinda (definitely not a good...
heroeswelcomed asked: Dude seriously? No love for Ringer or Secret Circle? *shakes head* They're really good in a frustrated i'm-going-to-throw-the-TV-out-the-window kind of way. I too love me some Revenge and VD but have you seen Person of Interest, White Collar or Alcatraz? Awesome shows.
impulsiveobsessions asked: First thing first, I adore you; as a person, as a writer, as a superhero. You rock. So, do you ever get an idea for a story that really excites you, but then someone else beats you to the punch and gets their work out first? I feel like I'm always a step ahead of a trend, but then out of nowhere it explodes, and I'm still working on chapter one. It makes my ideas feel cheap and I...
landsbeyond asked: Ahem. Bucephalus romance. JUST SAYIN'
Anonymous asked: Do you ever find, while you're reading your writer friends' books, that you're shipping a pairing that the author has absolutely no intention of writing? Is that really distressing? Do you tell your writer friends? Or does that just never happen?
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As I Have Talked About All My Other Shows...
‘I gotta go, Mum,’ I said. (On the phone. To my mother. You may have guessed.) ‘I want to watch my trashy TV.’
‘Oh,’ said Mum. ‘The Vampire Diaries? Or is it—Revenge, am I right?’
‘NO!’ I said. ‘MOTHER. That is my QUALITY TELEVISION. I am going to watch Hart of Dixie.’
There was a pause.
‘You seemed like such a...
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Lois Lane, Girl Reporter
I love lady sleuths, y’all. I LOVE GIRL REPORTERS. Into words and adventures… my favourite kind of girl. And look how adorable she is!
deantrippe:
Here are some notes and images from Lois Lane, Girl Reporter, a pitch for a series of illustrated young adult novels I worked on a few years ago for DC Comics. Story by me, with considerable brainstorming help from my pal John Campbell,...
Anonymous asked: Have you ever watched the anime “Princess Tutu”? It involves fairy tale deconstructions, meta-awareness and breaking of the fourth wall, and the main characters include a lady (actually a duck) who doesn’t realise her awesomeness and adorableness, and a moody, bad-tempered dude who has trouble expressing his feelings. Plus, if you don’t watch it, the ballet teacher (who is...
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If I Walked Into A Room...
and saw Holly Black stirring this exact cup, I would take it entirely as a matter of course.
adifferentkindofson asked: I was just wondering if you had any advice on editing. I've finished the first draft of a book, but every time I try to sit down and iron out the wrinkles I get distracted or overwhelmed and just stop, turning to something new I'm writing instead. Obviously, editing is one of the more necessary steps in getting your work to the point where you're not embarrassed to show it to...
January 2012
125 posts
justanotherminion asked: Is it wrong that I find Nick completely normal and relatable? I like that he can only speak the truth, so whatever he tells you is what he's really thinking. I also like the way you explain how his mind works and why he has a difficult time coming up with things to say. Just now, I thought Nick and Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory are probable related since they don't know how to talk to...
cloudthorn asked: You've mentioned a couple of time that you might start writing under a different name if you write different types of books. Will you tell the followers of SRB when you become Romantica McWonderpants? I envision a future in which I won't be able to stop myself wondering: 'Could this have been written by SRB in disguise?'
tristinawright asked: "I offered (gloomily) to write the book from Nick’s POV again" So, did you not like writing from Nick's POV? Out of the three (even though Surrender was my favorite book), his POV was my favorite because it felt the most unique. Granted, it was pre-Life Altering Revelation and Holy Crap, Alan is a Lying Liar...but, still. Even unknowingly so, it was the POV of a demon which is...
heart-of-steel asked: I read (and loved) all three Demon's Lexicon books last summer. I was a fan of your blog long before that, starting when one of my friends showed me the "Ladies Please" and posts. The thing where you wrote about the possibility of a female Harry Potter in one of the early "Ladies Please" kind of changed the way I think about books and characters. Also, I started watching...
Writing about lesbians when you’re not a lesbian →
“I am writing a short story about a lesbian main character … and almost had it finished when I had a panic attack. I was at a conference talking about my story when a lesbian told me she would never take it seriously because I wasn’t a lesbian and I can’t know what that feels like. But to me that love is love and normal and just like love between anyone else except for that one guy back home and...
Anonymous asked: Hi. I wanted to say I love your TDL series! Especially the Surrender and Sin's POV. I think you mentioned (I do not remember where) that you actually wrote the Covenant three times, each time from a different POV. And I'm curious whose POVs those were :)