My impression is that vampires and zombies are neck and neck, so to speak, with anything supernatural right behind.
Hands! Hands in new places!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Ginger - Nov 16, 2011 7:43:29 am PST #4920 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
erikaj - Nov 16, 2011 7:44:38 am PST #4921 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
I could see that nobody wants to read *bad* talking animals, but nobody wants crappy *anything*, do they?
Ginger - Nov 16, 2011 7:46:44 am PST #4922 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
After all, there is no tradition of talking animals in children's literature. Oh, wait...
Atropa - Nov 16, 2011 9:10:24 am PST #4923 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Sox, congratulations on the fan mail!
hippocampus - Nov 16, 2011 9:30:42 am PST #4924 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Thanks! It's a first.
You know who REALLY HATES talking animals? Kids. Boy do they...no, wait, they're cool with that.
ahahaha. man. that tea looks so good on my monitor.
Tom Scola - Nov 16, 2011 2:00:44 pm PST #4925 of 6690
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
For Jilli: [link]
Amy - Nov 16, 2011 2:27:51 pm PST #4926 of 6690
Because books.
I dealt with a lot of children's editors who didn't want to read books with animals that talk.
Editors and agents don't have exactly the same agenda, though. Both of them should be looking for authors to work with, rather than individual books, but editors are often restricted by what else is on a house's list, or what type of books they do well with historically (chains would be unlikely to buy, say, a book poetry anthology from a house that usually does celeb bios and romance).
Agents, though, should be looking for authors with talent, full stop, even if the particular story they're working on right now isn't their favorite thing ever.
Atropa - Nov 16, 2011 3:42:45 pm PST #4927 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Written? Kitten! is fantastic. Why yes, I am going to start using it.
Sooo, there IS a Russian edition of Gothic Charm School! My editor confirmed it, and is trying to get a couple of copies for me. Whee!
Strix - Nov 16, 2011 3:55:39 pm PST #4928 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That is so cool, Jilli!
sumi - Nov 16, 2011 4:24:40 pm PST #4929 of 6690
Art Crawl!!!
Wow! That's so exciting, Jilli.