Secrets…
The interwebs most famous blogging agent, Kristin, is off conferencing in New York. Her notes from the world of publishing and what they are looking for:
Looking for contemporary stories with a paranormal element. Contemporary main story with just a touch of paranormal.
Voice and character driven fiction (isn’t that what all editors want?)
A family-oriented story with complicated relationship between main character and parents or main character and siblings etc.
Gritty fiction
Novels where the reader watches as the main female protagonist making bad choices or learning to survive
Quirky funny, outcasts, dark but weirdly funny
MG fantasy
Literary voices in YA or MG, well-crafted stories
More Meg Cabot-type stuff
Hip or hot topics
MG or YA with boy protagonists
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Love that blog like I love that dog
I’ve just written a novel that contains all the aforementioned elements. It’s shit hot. So hot that I may in fact burn it rather than let anyone ever read it. Ah well.
NaRocRoc - that’s the spirit. Burn after writing.