Seriously, what end of the pig is this coming out of? IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE.
I know I'm a bit slow on the uptake and that this kerfuffle's been going on for a couple days now, and Ink and I had The Ten Stages of Anime Addiction all ready to post, but...
I'm just a wee bit upset, if you can't tell.
You know what? I'm a YA. I am the audience that "those books" are aimed at. And yet I do not consider myself to be any less of a critical reader in search of a great story than the glaring majority of adult readers. In fact, ask Ink or the crit group - I'm a nitpicker to the umpteenth degree.
And yes, I want to write YA, but that's not even why I'm upset here. My favorite books - all of them - are YA. Some of the books on my shelf are mediocre, but a huge number are amazing, the kind of books I read ten or twelve times for sheer awe of the story and love of the characters.
I'm a pretty easygoing person about insults. Country? Fine. Region? Fine, y'all. Religion? Used to it by now.
But don't you dare mess with the books I love.
I'd like to see you write one.
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Dang. That was cold.
If you ask me, the reason YA does so well is because kids are the only ones who seem to read anymore, and the only ones who know a good story when they see it, and are willing to get captivated by it and let it sweep them away. If adult-turned-wannabe YA writers want to tap into the magic, sheesh, at least don't insult the genre for which you're writing. What a moron.*
*I'd like to write something else besides "moron", but we're discussing kid lit, yanno?
"And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."
-Matthew 18:3
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