Posted Jul 16 2012 in fiction, Miscellany, romance, Stereotypes in Fiction
I had a week off from work and planned a ‘staycation’ because my husband’s parents were planning to spend the week with us. They live in Florida and we only get to see them once or twice a year now. My husband, who will hit the half century mark later this year, is the ‘baby’ […]
Read More...Posted Dec 31 2011 in 2012, author, fiction, Patty Blount, Stereotypes in Fiction, trends, YA
With just days left in the 2011 calendar, many of us use this time to plan for the coming year. We make resolutions. We declutter and organize closets, desks, and offices. We buy clothes. We start diets or exercise plans. It’s a time when our hope is renewed. For me, this is a time of […]
Read More...Posted Nov 8 2011 in author, characterization, fiction, Patty Blount, Stereotypes in Fiction, YA
One of my coworkers shared a link with us that led to an interesting video ‘experiment’ – actually an advertisement for a beer, but nevertheless interesting. The video shows a small theater in which all but two of the 150 seats were filled with rough-looking, tattoo’d, muscle-bound biker guys. Theater managers then sold the last […]
Read More...Posted Aug 23 2011 in author, characterization, fiction, Patty Blount, social networking, Stereotypes in Fiction, teens, YA
Saw this in the NYT. The author says teen girls will read books about male and female characters while teen boys will NOT read books about females. True or false? Let’s talk.
Read More...Posted Jul 27 2011 in author, Patty Blount, Stereotypes in Fiction, teens
As you know, I’m a YA author. I keep seeing headlines in my Google stream announcing that Teens Don’t Like to Read and honestly, they disturb me. Last week, my youngest son and I had a date to see the last Harry Potter movie, an event that marks the end of a treasured Mommy & […]
Read More...Posted May 25 2011 in author, fiction, profanity, sex, Stereotypes in Fiction, teens, violence, YA
While I was writing my first YA novel some years back, I wrestled with the best ways to straddle the too much information fence. I may be writing for young adults but their parents are likely the ones buying books and it’s hard trying to please everybody, particularly when it comes to writing realistic scenes. […]
Read More...Posted Apr 11 2011 in Process, Stereotypes in Fiction
You know those t-shirts you can get online with the cutesy slogans, like “Careful or you’ll end up in my next novel” and “I hear imaginary people” or this one, my personal favorite, “Kicking adverbs and takin’ names”? I was exploring Cafe Press today and found this one: “Oh, this is SO going in my […]
Read More...Posted Mar 16 2011 in fiction, Stereotypes in Fiction
While waiting for my mother, who was undergoing oral surgery, I spent forty minutes observing the oral surgeon’s office staff working it, if you know what I mean. The staff, all women in their twenties, and probably all intelligent women under usual circumstances, completely dissolved into four giggling, tittering morons in the presence of a good-looking […]
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