Comments on: My Way or YA? http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Kim Batchelor http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-18911 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:23:08 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/#comment-18911 To be fair (if I must), the best "adult" books are good stories well told. One of my fellow train riders is reading Harry Potter and another Agatha Christie. It's gratifying to see how some stories are timeless.

[Insert favorite diety] bless "geeky" readers.

]]> By: Ted Cross http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-18909 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:53:47 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/#comment-18909 I think that the current YA trend underestimates so many young people. My book was written for adults, yet my own young sons have read it multiple times, and my best friend's two children have read it twice. My book is filled with a mix of characters, young and old, just like in real life.

]]> By: MCPlanck http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-18908 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:47:27 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/#comment-18908 "good old-fashioned great storytelling that takes them away from their uncomfortable realities"

Boy, I sure hope so, because that's what I write. 😀

]]> By: Jan Markley http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-18907 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:31:17 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/#comment-18907 Great blog post title. Richelle was at the Surrey International Writers Conference (SiWC) last year. I bought a copy of her book for a friend of mine who would love to be a vampire!

]]> By: laylamessner http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-18906 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:30:04 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/#comment-18906 Absolutely!

]]> By: John Sankovich http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-18905 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:53:48 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/#comment-18905 I have to agree wholeheartedly, and is the main factor of why I write. I want to entertain people, both adults and children with my stories. If I haven't entertained them to draw them away from reality for a while, then I have failed.

]]> By: L.J. Boldyrev http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-18904 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:39:16 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/#comment-18904 I'm a huge VAMPIRE ACADEMY fan. I love the series. I'd say about 99% of what I read (and 100% of what I write) is YA. It's not just the engaging plots and the possibility, but it's also the angst and the emotional roller coaster that comes with teen life. Everything is more important, more dramatic. The characters feel more driven because the outcome means so much more.
I am forever a fan of YA.

]]> By: Joelle http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-18902 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:18:12 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/08/my-way-or-ya/#comment-18902 I am hoping some teens will read my YA, but honestly, so far, almost all my readers who have contacted me have been adults! And what do they like about my book? Hope. They almost all cite the fact that it's got hope.

That's why I read YA too.

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