tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003310634549005001.post4170190060293804578..comments2023-06-08T05:46:53.392-04:00Comments on Three Tassels and a Top Hat: What is YA Lit?Luciferadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248503525800974502noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003310634549005001.post-54517879944431869722012-01-16T17:30:24.864-05:002012-01-16T17:30:24.864-05:00I totally agree about the marketing thing. Didn...I totally agree about the marketing thing. Didn't know GOOSE GIRL was originally envisioned as adult fic!<br /><br />Welcome, and thanks for reading!Luciferadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17248503525800974502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003310634549005001.post-58510216844873534002012-01-16T17:13:42.114-05:002012-01-16T17:13:42.114-05:00Found this blog link from the Dragon Age forum :)
...Found this blog link from the Dragon Age forum :)<br /><br />Yes, this is a common argument, even among YA lit scholars; there are some (I think Perry Nodelman is one noted example?) who argue that children's literature does not actually exist. Have you read Beverly Lyon Clark's KIDDIE LIT? It really tackles some of the issues you mentioned here, how people don't really understand children's literature and often marginalize it and/or assume it is a "dumbed down" version of adult literature.<br /><br />My personal feeling is that "YA" is a label devised and used for marketing (money-making) purposes. It also helps you establish a niche as a writer, i.e. by saying "I write YA books." You can thus market yourself properly to agents and editors and so on. I read that Shannon Hale originally tried to sell GOOSE GIRL as an adult book; it never occurred to her that it would be YA. Once her agent "told" her it was a YA book, they were able to sell it more quickly.<br /><br />Great blog post :)Arty B. Whelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06409827510039224417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003310634549005001.post-75678147739643331512011-09-02T00:36:54.016-04:002011-09-02T00:36:54.016-04:00You are, as always, brilliant. I still say that &...You are, as always, brilliant. I still say that "Little Women" is YA, maybe even "children's", depending on the definition given of each. Lucy Maud Montgomery is totally YA, and is still found on the adult shelves of the library, where no young adult reader will ever look.... le sigh....Laura Sanscartierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11683668823453716564noreply@blogger.com