tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post4682054327121872476..comments2023-04-09T09:21:14.198-05:00Comments on MTV Books: Who are you?Jennifer Echolshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15757825467796917325noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-28485529616210469642008-09-20T10:30:00.000-05:002008-09-20T10:30:00.000-05:00Thank you guys-- so very much for the lovely comme...Thank you guys-- so very much for the lovely comments. For various reasons, they're very appreciated, especially this week.<BR/><BR/>Funny, that no matter how different we all are, we're really really similar, huh?<BR/><BR/>We're writers.<BR/><BR/>And yeah, Jenny, we write BOOKS. :-)<BR/><BR/>Now, if we could just get relatives to quit telling us they've got great story ideas that WE can write up and then we'll split the royalties 50/50.<BR/><BR/>Anyone sees my rolling eyeballs, feel free to stop 'em.Barbara Caridad Ferrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819588291534894141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-9265648571606442742008-09-18T12:46:00.000-05:002008-09-18T12:46:00.000-05:00Totally agree, and I feel really stupid when someo...Totally agree, and I feel really stupid when someone asks and I have to answer, "I've published YA and adult fiction, non-fiction, and also edited an anthology of essays." <BR/><BR/>People are like, "Huh? Sorry I asked."<BR/><BR/>I like the idea of just saying, "I'm a writer," but they always then ask, "What do you write." <BR/><BR/>I guess the easy answer is "Books."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-18065735421883642192008-09-17T09:17:00.000-05:002008-09-17T09:17:00.000-05:00I'm in the same boat too, but in a slightly differ...I'm in the same boat too, but in a slightly different way because my book seems to be considered both YA and adult. It was a big deal when my (well, our) lovely agent decided to shop it as YA and I adjusted to that, but then, lo and behold the editor told me it would be sold in the adult section of the bookstore. Talk about a personality crisis. But now I've decided that much like I was in high school, I am not easily categorized and since I agree with the music comparison you made, I am fine with that. <BR/><BR/>I also agree with Jenn, I have only read your published stuff of course, but you are just a beautiful writer!Stephanie Kuehnerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337734171729461782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486027252802681746.post-6485073682524102742008-09-17T08:05:00.000-05:002008-09-17T08:05:00.000-05:00I'm in the same boat. It's so strange that we may ...I'm in the same boat. It's so strange that we may think of ourselves as one thing. We may have stacks of manuscripts under the bed, all in the genre we think of ourselves as writing. But all other people ever see is the tip of the iceberg: what we get published. And that's what we're labeled as writing.<BR/><BR/>Me, I thought I was a romantic comedy writer, and that I wrote romantic comedies for the YA and the adult market. However, the market has informed me (at least so far) that I am NOT in fact a writer for the adult market, and that my YA romantic comedies are very dark.<BR/><BR/>*shrug*<BR/><BR/>Having read a lot of your stuff both published and not-yet-published, Barb, and having watched you win an adult award for a YA novel, I think you ARE just a beautiful writer, and your writing appeals to a broad spectrum of people.Jennifer Echolshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757825467796917325noreply@blogger.com