tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39591602401065403232024-02-19T22:42:37.827-08:00Linn Prentis Literary155 E. 116th St. 2F
New York, New York 10029Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-12374457156612975992012-10-05T14:00:00.001-07:002012-10-05T14:03:44.239-07:00<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><b>After a long year and then a bit more</b></h2>
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We are back to blogging. A move is so difficult, and when one moves a household, and an office, it gets even more difficult... "To say nothing of the dog!" who doesn't fly... so we said, "Roadtrip!"<br />
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Wiley and I survived the experience and after so many months we hope that all the bits of paper and bytes of information have settled out in spots where we want them... or can at least find them.<br />
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Wiley informs all the people passing by the door that he is on duty and I enjoy the beautiful view out my window between bouts of agenting.<br />
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We will be making appearances at SteamCon IV in Bellevue, WA October 26th through the 28th (2012) and be in Portland, OR for OryCon 34 Nov 1 thru 4, 2012. We hope to make a visit to Portland's Art Museum that weekend, as well, and see the Greek exhibit "The Body Beautiful."<br />
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And return to regular blogging.<br />
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See you all around!<br />
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LinnLinn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-72058855942184387152010-09-28T13:33:00.000-07:002010-10-11T11:01:10.946-07:00Temporary Break from Blog LandHello readers,<br />
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We've been undergoing some radical reorganization at the agency due to computer and network failure, both of which have been operating only intermittently. So, apologies for not updating you sooner, but we promise to return to our regular postings by Friday, Oct. 15. And we've got plenty of projects in the making, so stay tuned!<br />
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However, we do have some exciting news for our very own A.M. Dellamonica. <i>Indigo Springs </i>was the winner of the 2010 Sunburst Awards! This highly prized award is for Canadian Literature for the Fantastic. Dellamonica was competing with big name authors such as Charles de Lint and Cory Doctorow. Congrats Alyx!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-gRz2-t3XxQDKLVwf6PiHpJcx2CBjczLRDj23jWAt0okL1RNlSW0jXoet56hUCWXyi6jY04En6kzxe0Qh-sCPYUfgd0GtO6lqL_97V3kB-OVda0E87wbVHsue8ItajFuM6ZIQEZ_qvU/s1600/IndigoSpringscover_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-gRz2-t3XxQDKLVwf6PiHpJcx2CBjczLRDj23jWAt0okL1RNlSW0jXoet56hUCWXyi6jY04En6kzxe0Qh-sCPYUfgd0GtO6lqL_97V3kB-OVda0E87wbVHsue8ItajFuM6ZIQEZ_qvU/s1600/IndigoSpringscover_0.jpg" /></a></div>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-48218802539013944112010-07-21T15:16:00.000-07:002010-07-21T15:19:51.378-07:00Querying for a Series<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">First, one must acknowledge ones utter and complete absence from the digiverse. One month off the blogosphere and it feels like a dead-zone!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">This here blog, I doth declare, is about the series phenomenon. Okay, not so phenomenal. In fact...sometimes downright scary! For an agent that is. I'm talking about one thing right now: Do we agents want to read that you have written your sixth book in a twelve book series? Don't we want to know that you have a never ending Old Faithful of Imagination?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">No. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">We agents do NOT want to hear that you have written twelve books and that you are proudly submitting #6. You wanna know why? Because I don't want to have to read Books 1-5 just to understand Book 6. And in most cases it's worse if the other books have been published before (traditional or self). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">If they've been published by a traditional publisher before, then it's likely that they were dropped because of sales. Not many publishers are going to want to pick up a book in a series that didn't do well in the first place. "But it didn't get the right marketing!" you might say. And you might be right. No matter, numbers are numbers. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">If you've self-published the first five books and Book 6 is knock-my-socks-off stellar, a traditional publisher isn't going to want to have Books 1-5 out there for free while Book 6 is on the shelves at B&N, so really you're back to square one...or Book 1, that is. And maybe Book 1 just kinda stank. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">So you're best bet when querying -if you intend for your ms to be part of a series- is to say something like, "Though I have written this book as the first in a series, it can also work as a stand alone novel."</span><br />
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</span>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-62753297549977873722010-06-17T14:23:00.000-07:002010-06-17T14:40:28.397-07:00Author Tip #7: Creating Voice<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes, we all love a book with a good, strong voice. But...what does that mean, exactly? Let's say you are writing in 1st person POV. That's certainly the easiest way to create voice (though not to say it is <i>easy</i>). How do you create this elusive voice? My first answer would be to really make sure you know your character. Is s/he strong willed? Funny? Sarcastic? Sweet?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spicing up your narrative with the occasional dose of humor (if appropriate to the story) may be a good way to create voice. Funny is hard, though. If you are writing YA, don't just read everything that's out there in the genre to determine what is funny to teens today - though that's a great way to start. Watch the successful movies and TV shows that have humor that works for that age group too. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sarcasm. A very common way to provide voice to a teen protagonist. Of course, right? All teens respond to sarcasm. IMO, there is witty sarcasm and then there is just plain mean, non-witty sarcasm. If you're doing that second one chances are your main character is going to be <i>really</i> unlikeable. Ask yourself, if I were to have a conversation with my protagonist, would I want to listen to them go on and on for another 200+ pages? If the answer is no, you need a new voice. Also, keep in mind that a lot of other people are trying to write similar, angst-ridden hormone-driven characters. Maybe your protagonist is special. How?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How else can you create voice? There are more subtle ways than those two. Maybe your character is just sugar and spice and everything nice. A really sweet girl, who never thinks a bad thing about anyone. So much opportunity for her to make excuses for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">misread</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the people around her! That's her voice! TaDa. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As I said, know your character. Let him/her speak to you, and know the lens through which they see the world. How will they react? Let those things be the clues you need when creating voice. -AH</span>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-13171229119273187182010-06-14T10:33:00.001-07:002010-06-14T11:25:35.036-07:00Author Tip #6: 2, 3, 4, 5<span xmlns=""></span><br />
<span xmlns="">Picture a literary agency or, for that matter, a publishing house. Picture it as a gnarly, gnashing, gaping maw into which everyone and anyone -- staffer, intern, service provider, cleaner, random member of the general public, lost kitten and stray dog – is compelled to shove as many sheets of paper as s/he can as fast as s/he can. Half of publishing is filing those sheets of paper.<br />
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Nowadays, of course, we're all on our virtual way, and many of these sheets appear first on our screens, Manifestations of the Virtual Universe . Virtual paper is a good thing, insofar as it goes. It saves trees, opens up space and cuts down on litter. It's also easier to organize and store than the real thing.<br />
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Sadly, however, working with it requires a device that displays text, and that introduces a sheaf of potential difficulties, not the least of which are Big Butt, Humpback, Stiff Neck, Dead Foot, Prickly Foot, Carpel Tunnel and Red Eye and Glue Eye. Therefore, those of us working constantly with manuscripts that may be hundreds of pages long are often moved to Print Out our documents. I put my pages face up in a box, and turn them over one by one into the box's lid as I read. This would work well, if I were a machine, but I am nothing if not organic. I incline to disorganization.<br />
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Invariably, the sequence of pages is lost. And half the time, it turns out the pages ARE NOT NUMBERED. Whole half hours may be swallowed, gone forever, in the ensuing paper shuffles.<br />
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People, many people, submit manuscript without numbering the pages. And in that blithe moment when I hit the print button, I blot out the memory of the insanity of it. Nor I do not see it when I glance at the stack; in accordance with tradition, cover sheets and first pages are not numbered.<br />
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Help! Please! NUMBER THE DAMN PAGES! -- LP<br />
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</span>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-11034976428705924082010-06-11T09:04:00.000-07:002010-06-11T09:31:30.782-07:00Cartooga! Zorth! Boolakey and Kindo!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Wow! You guys basically hit (all) the nail(s) on the head, but I'm going to add a few things...</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Here we have it, the verdict on my bizarre little pitch. In Linn's words, "</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span">There is no actual connection between sentence one and sentence two."</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">When</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">King</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"> Zorth of the Quadrons son Cartooga, a half-Boolakey, half-Kindo bastard is thrown into the dungeons on the planet Honpoog, a political nightmare ensues between the Zorths and their blood enemy, the bloodthirsty Mamyziths. Aided by Zorth's son's friend's, Omipoko the Goolgish, Kinsana the Filtrye, and their omnipedded furry friend HoofHoof, the fellowship enters the dragon's lair to rescue the bastard prince of Cartooga. </span></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The first sentence is like a pitch in and of itself (albeit a bad one). What about that political nightmare when it comes to the fellowship? These are two different stories. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Intern's comments are awesome too:</span></span></span><br />
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">The first sentence is incomprehensible - I'm exhausted by the end.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Cartooga is the son? Or is he the place? Zorth a name or a people? Inconsistent!</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">(My favorite) All these names tell me nothing. What the heck is a (or where the heck) is a Quadron? A Boolakey? Kindo? None of these words mean anything to me? Leave 'em out! Who cares!</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Is the dragon's lair metaphorical? (In SF, you have to be ubercareful about your metaphors. There really <i>could</i> be a dragon!)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">(another of my faves) What is the plot?</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">The second sentence: GRAMMAR!!! Who is being aided by whom? As it presently stands, the fellowship is being aided by the fellowship. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"> </span></span></li>
</ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">TADA. Writing a query is tough, but writing one that seeks to describe a whole new world has its own set of problems. Keep it simple. Remember that the person reading your query hasn't been to this world. Try and take me there. These are still characters and places, though they may have scales and live in upside-down trees on the planet, oh nevermind. -AH</span></span>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-25137642108861939962010-06-07T12:31:00.000-07:002010-06-07T12:33:35.421-07:00Author Tip #5: The Imagination is Vast...The Query is Not<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I first started here, I was amazed by the places and people authors had invented and included in the query. On the one hand, I really do want to know how well thought out and constructed your new world is. On the other hand, how much can really get across in a 250 word query letter? I would open the mail and see things like this:</span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>When</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px;"><i> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>King</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px;"><i> Zorth of the Quadrons son Cartooga, a half-Boolakey, half-Kindo bastard is thrown into the dungeons on the planet Honpoog, a political nightmare ensues between the Zorths and their blood enemy, the bloodthirsty Mamyziths. Aided by Zorth's son's friend's, Omipoko the Goolgish, Kinsana the Filtrye, and their omnipedded furry friend HoofHoof, the fellowship enters the dragon's lair to rescue the bastard prince of Cartooga. </i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">This little gem is a snippet of my own unruly imagination, but can anyone tell me what's wrong with this picture? I'd like to open the floor and see what you all think about my pitch. Linn is going to weigh in later, after we get some feedback from other authors. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">-AH</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJvaumvhFyjBXipwCq2cVUIJogpIWFx2Se2oLUBiECtvwdsQ2uN9dcmyr62OkRuAr6YFjQEvxeCPmVfjyMJnwGW5xDKJDRRk_8ctwYhl2qMWrhT6cVPWxv9zVdLYI-Az8Vkop7C0pj5Q/s1600/wiley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJvaumvhFyjBXipwCq2cVUIJogpIWFx2Se2oLUBiECtvwdsQ2uN9dcmyr62OkRuAr6YFjQEvxeCPmVfjyMJnwGW5xDKJDRRk_8ctwYhl2qMWrhT6cVPWxv9zVdLYI-Az8Vkop7C0pj5Q/s400/wiley.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>I'll eat you with my killer x-ray eyes if you do this! ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM! </i></span></div>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-19078093406772611962010-06-03T09:46:00.000-07:002010-06-03T09:51:18.358-07:00MYTHOPOEIC AWARDS, posted by Linn Prentis<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kage Baker’s HOTEL UNDER THE SAND is a middle-reader published by Tachyon Press, and was originally developed as a personal project as a chapter-by-chapter gift to a young niece experiencing some difficult years. It has been nominated for the Mythopoeic Award for Children’s Literature. We hope, of course, that she wins, but the nomination alone is a signal honor. It establishes Baker in the league of fantasy’s finest -- where, of course, she belongs.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As this and many other sites, conferences and publications, are giving so much time and attention to what the French are calling Bit Lit –- tales focused on the lives and loves of persons with fangs and their ilk – I think it appropriate to use this space to remind readers of the classics, the great works of U.S. fantasy publishing, a phenomenon some may not know not only honors the works of Tolkien but actually, historically, began with their publication.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Mythopoeic Society is a national/international organization promoting the study, discussion, and enjoyment of fantastic literature. It is especially interested in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams, prominent members of the informal Oxford literary circle known as the “Inklings” (1930s-1950s).</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature is given to the previous year’s fantasy novel, series or single-author story collection that best exemplifies “the spirit of the Inklings”. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature honors books for younger readers (from “Young Adults” to picture books for beginning readers), in the tradition of The Hobbit or The Chronicles of Narnia. Rules for eligibility are otherwise the same as for the Adult literature award.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The award for publications for adults began in 1971. The Award for Children’s Literature was first given in 1992. All the winners and nearly all the nominees are named here. The list appears here with the permission of:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">David Oberhelman</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mythopoeic Awards Administrator</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">E-mail: awards@mythsoc.org</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The 2010 Finalists:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Barbara Campbell, Trickster’s Game trilogy consisting of Heartwood, Bloodstone, and Foxfire (DAW)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Greer Gilman, Cloud & Ashes: Three Winter’s Tales (Small Beer Press)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Robert Holdstock, Avilion (Gollancz)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Catherynne M. Valente, Palimpsest (Spectra)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jo Walton, Lifelode (NESFA Press)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s Literature</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kage Baker, The Hotel Under the Sand (Tachyon)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Shannon Hale, Books of Bayern consisting of The Goose Girl, Enna Burning, River Secrets, and Forest Born (Bloomsbury)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Little, Brown)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Malinda Lo, Ash (Little, Brown)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lisa Mantchev, Eyes Like Stars (Feiwel & Friends)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The following is a year-by-year list of the all the final ballot nominees for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards. The books placed first on each year’s list(s) and marked with asterisks were the winners.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1971</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Marvellous Misadventures of Sebastian by Lloyd Alexander</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1972</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Red Moon and Black Mountain by Joy Chant *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Grendel by John Gardner</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Tsaddik of the Seven Wonders by Isidore Haiblum</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Corum Trilogy by Michael Moorcock</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Light Maze by Joan North</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Forest of Forever by Thomas Burnett Swann</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Children of Llyr by Evangeline Walton</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1973</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Song of Rhiannon by Evangeline Walton *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dancer from Atlantis by Poul Anderson</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Deryni Checkmate by Katherine Kurtz</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Green Phoenix by Thomas Burnett Swann</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1974</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hrolf Kraki’s Saga by Poul Anderson</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Excalibur by Sanders Anne Laubenthal</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">High Deryni by Katherine Kurtz</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1975</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Watership Down by Richard Adams</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Merlin’s Ring by H. Warner Munn</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">How Are the Mighty Fallen by Thomas Burnett Swann</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Prince of Annwn by Evangeline Walton</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1981</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Unfinished Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Grey Mane of Morning by Joy Chant</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Wounded Land by Stephen R. Donaldson</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lion of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1982</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Little, Big by John Crowley *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Delusion’s Master by Tanith Lee</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Woman Who Loved the Moon by Elizabeth A. Lynn</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Many-colored Land by Julian May</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Sable Moon by Nancy Springer</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1983</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Firelings by Carol Kendall *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The One Tree by Stephen R. Donaldson</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">God Stalk by P.C. Hodgell</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lady of Light by Diana L. Paxson</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1984</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When Voiha Wakes by Joy Chant *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">other nominees not available</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1985</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cards of Grief by Jane Yolen *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Moonheart by Charles de Lint</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Damiano Trilogy by R.A. McAvoy</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Book of Lost Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1986</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dark of the Moon by P.C. Hodgell</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Wandering Unicorn by Manuel Mujica Lainez</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1987</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Folk of the Air by Peter S. Beagle *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tales from the Flat Earth by Tanith Lee</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Merlin’s Booke by Jane Yolen</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1988</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">War for the Oaks by Emma Bull</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lincoln’s Dreams by Connie Willis</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1989</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Unicorn Mountain by Michael Bishop *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Last Coin by James P. Blaylock</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Nightingale by Kara Dalkey</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The White Raven by Diana L. Paxson</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Walkabout Woman by Michaela Roessner</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1990</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fool on the Hill by Matt Ruff</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1991</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Books of Great Alta by Jane Yolen</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1992</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tam Lin by Pamela Dean</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Moonwise by Greer Ilene Gilman</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Sorceress and the Cygnet by Patricia A. McKillip</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Elsewhere by Will Shetterly</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Song of the Gargoyle by Zilpha Keatley Snyder</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1993</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Briar Rose by Jane Yolen *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Paper Grail by James P. Blaylock</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Last Call by Tim Powers</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Grail of Hearts by Susan Shwartz</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Doomsday Book by Connie Willis</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Knight’s Wyrd by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Ancient One by T.A. Barron</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jennifer Murdley’s Toad by Bruce Coville</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hobkin by Peni R. Griffin</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fish Soup by Ursula K. Le Guin</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1994</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Porcelain Dove by Delia Sherman *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Innkeeper’s Song by Peter S. Beagle</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Cygnet and the Firebird by Patricia A. McKillip</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Deerskin by Robin McKinley</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Kingdom of Kevin Malone by Suzy McKee Charnas *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Mystery of the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Giver by Lois Lowry</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nevernever by Will Shetterly</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1995</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Something Rich and Strange by Patricia A. McKillip *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Dubious Hills by Pamela Dean</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Hollowing by Robert Holdstock</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Temporary Agency by Rachel Pollack</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Owl in Love by Patrice Kindl *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Princess and the Lord of Night by Emma Bull</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Switching Well by Peni R. Griffin</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories by Robin McKinley</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Good Griselle by Jane Yolen</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1996</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">All the Bells on Earth by James P. Blaylock</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillip</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Dragon Path by Kenneth Morris</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Crown of Dalemark by Diana Wynne Jones *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Boggart by Susan Cooper</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Falcon’s Egg by Luli Gray</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Wren’s War by Sherwood Smith</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Mennyms by Sylvia Waugh</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1997</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Adult and Children’s Awards combined)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Wood Wife by Terri Windling *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One for the Morning Glory by John Barnes</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fair Peril by Nancy Springer</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Book of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1998</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye by A.S. Byatt *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Giant Bones by Peter S. Beagle</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Trader by Charles de Lint</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Gift by Patrick O’Leary</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Young Merlin trilogy by Jane Yolen (consisting of Passager, Hobby and Merlin) *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Boggart and the Monster by Susan Cooper</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Dark Horn Blowing by Dahlov Ipcar</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1999</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Someplace to be Flying by Charles de Lint</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The History of our World Beyond the Wave by R.E. Klein</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Song for the Basilisk by Patricia A. McKillip</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The High House by James Stoddard</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diane Wynne Jones *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Heavenward Path by Kara Dalkey</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Squire’s Tale by Gerald Morris</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2000</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Elementals by A.S. Byatt</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dark Cities Underground by Lisa Goldstein</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Wild Swans by Peg Kerr</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Book of Knights by Yves Meynard</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Skellig by David Almond</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Circle of Magic series by Tamora Pierce</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kingdom series by Cynthia Voigt</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2001</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Innamorati by Midori Snyder *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ravenShadow by Win Blevins</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Sarantine Mosaic (Sailing to Sarantium and Lord of Emperors) by Guy Gavriel Kay</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Aria of the Sea by Dia Calhoun *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Night Flying by Rita Murphy</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Beast by Donna Jo Napoli</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Growing Wings by Laurel Winter</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Boots and the Seven Leaguers by Jane Yolen</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2002</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">American Gods by Neil Gaiman</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ill Met by Moonlight by Sarah A. Hoyt</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Declare by Tim Powers</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Wizard’s Dilemma by Diane Duane</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2003</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Fistful of Sky by Nina Kiriki Hoffman</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Fall of the Kings by Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Summerland by Michael Chabon *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Coraline by Neil Gaiman</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2004</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sunshine by Robin McKinley *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fudoki by Kij Johnson</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In the Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Inkheart by Cornelia Funke</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2005</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Anvil of the World by Kage Baker</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mortal Love by Elizabeth Hand</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe consisting of (The Knight and The Wizard)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Arthur Trilogy by Kevin Crossley-Holland (consisting of The Seeing Stone, At the Crossing Places, and King of the Middle March)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Trilogy consisting of Wise Child, Juniper, and Colman by Monica Furlong</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix (consisting of Sabriel, Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr, and Abhorsen)</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2006</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Adult)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Metallic Love by Tanith Lee</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl by Tim Pratt</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud * (consisting of The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem’s Eye, and Ptolemy’s Gate)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Valiant by Holly Black</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Wizards at War by Diane Duane</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By These Ten Bones by Clare B. Dunkle</span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2007</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Patricia A. McKillip, Solstice Wood (Ace Books) *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Peter S. Beagle, The Line Between (Tachyon Publications)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Susanna Clarke, The Ladies of Grace Adieu (Bloomsbury USA)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Keith Donohue, The Stolen Child (Nan A. Talese)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Susan Palwick, The Necessary Beggar (Tor)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tim Powers, Three Days to Never (William Morrow)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Catherine Fisher, Corbenic (Greenwillow) *</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Spirits That Walk in Shadow (Viking)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Diana Wynne Jones, The Pinhoe Egg (Greenwillow)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Martine Leavitt, Keturah and Lord Death (Front Street)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith (HarperTeen)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2008</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Catherynne M. Valente, Orphan’s Tales * (consisting of In the Night Garden and In the Cities of Coin and Spice) (Spectra)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Theodora Goss, In the Forest of Forgetting (Prime Books)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nalo Hopkinson, The New Moon’s Arms (Grand Central Publishing)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Guy Gavriel Kay, Ysabel (Roc)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">John C. Wright, Chronicles of Chaos (consisting of Orphans of Chaos, Fugitives of Chaos, and Titans of Chaos) (Tor)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">J.K. Rowling, The Harry Potter series * (Bloomsbury)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Holly Black, Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale (Simon & Schuster); Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie (Simon & Schuster); Ironside: A Modern Faery’s Tale (Margaret K. McElderry)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Derek Landy, Skulduggery Pleasant (HarperCollins)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nancy Springer, Dusssie (Walker Books for Young Readers)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kate Thompson, The New Policeman (HarperTeen)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2009</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adult</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Carol Berg, Flesh and Spirit and Breath and Bone * (Roc)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Daryl Gregory, Pandemonium (Del Rey)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ursula K. Le Guin, Lavinia (Harcourt)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Patricia A. McKillip, The Bell at Sealey Head (Ace)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Gene Wolfe, An Evil Guest (Tor)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Children’s</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kristin Cashore, Graceling * (Harcourt Children’s Books)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book (HarperCollins)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Diana Wynne Jones, House of Many Ways (HarperCollins)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ingrid Law, Savvy (Dial)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Terry Pratchett, Nation (HarperCollins)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-36552034754908054102010-05-28T09:47:00.000-07:002010-05-28T11:30:41.670-07:00The YA Love Interest(s)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I adore reading young adult fiction, and I know how rare it is to find a YA book without some sort of love interest. It makes sense; teens are crushing and they want their reading experience to reflect that. (Read: Vampires, the ultimate in unrequited love. Talk about a "crush.") Still, I wonder about all the triangles happening these days. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Since when did having to decide between two potentials become the only way to deepen a protagonist's emotion? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Maybe readers just enjoy identifying with a protagonist who is so loved. Still, w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hat happened to just deciding <i>if</i> you love the guy in the first place? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Maybe real love in the YA genre is DOA. I mean, when does all this mushy stuff happen? In the cafeteria? Talking about homework? In PE, while ducking a red rubber ball during dodge-ball? That's hot. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3M9ikIM3ZcmQTKD2vnIorlu2oFKgrue4uCNHZyS9y2nYAqVMMNilwsoe7U_zfwYSkmb2YzahnORBiFAIEJA1uu4p3jwP-dTLqbioRsMfDuGBksESYwMKeD17Oj6K5FM0ARCLnJ4MoqU/s1600/cupid-valentines-day1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3M9ikIM3ZcmQTKD2vnIorlu2oFKgrue4uCNHZyS9y2nYAqVMMNilwsoe7U_zfwYSkmb2YzahnORBiFAIEJA1uu4p3jwP-dTLqbioRsMfDuGBksESYwMKeD17Oj6K5FM0ARCLnJ4MoqU/s200/cupid-valentines-day1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sure, there's something to be said for love at first sight. But I for one would like to see more development going on between the two would-be lovers, than a half-baked "pick me" "no pick me" conflict-for-the-sake-of-conflict. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What do you all think? Triangles you thought were successful? Unsuccessful? Do you find them frustrating? A cheap way to thicken the conflict? Post your thoughts on this one! - AH</span>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-40842489797854079122010-05-27T09:56:00.000-07:002010-05-27T09:56:33.168-07:00Vampires and Other Super(duper)naturals: Their Present and Their Future<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In follow up to a post that will likely continue as a three part series, I ask the question - Why Supernatural? Why Now? Some authors at the BEA had a few things to say about it. The panel </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #781d7e; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Paranormal Fiction for Teens: From Vampires to Werewolves to Zombies and Shape Shifters</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>featured<b> </b>Richelle Mead, author of the VAMPIRE ACADEMY series; Andrea Cremer author of NIGHTSHADE; Holly Black: WHITE CAT and ZOMBIES vs UNICORNS, and Ivy Devlin, author of LOW RED MOON.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">Two interesting points:</span></span></div><div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">The idea of a transformation that occurs at the result of an uncontrollable emotion. (Certainly as a teen, I too might have been called beastly by mom.)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">The consequences of that change: unintentionally hurting those around you. Also, part of the teen experience for many. </span></span></li>
</ol><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">I'll add to the list this: Immortality. My teenage years were filled with scary, stupid, reckless decisions. I never thought I was immortal, but the issue of mortality just didn't apply to me yet. Did I want to be immortal? Sure. Why not. Bring it on. More time to finish my homework. I think that being absorbed in a story that has to potential to go on forever is highly attractive, not just to teens. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Later, I asked </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Richelle Mead </span>what her thoughts on the future of these immortal beings may be. It's her belief that the way in which the creatures are presented to readers will shift, but still remain popular. I'd go along with that. I'd also say that all things wax and wane and while we are in a period where this is <i>it</i>, all things find their turn at the bottom of the wheel. Eventually, that is. Rome had a pretty long run. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Will it happen soon? "Our list isn't indicating it will," say on of Big 5's publicity professional. </span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">There you have it, folks. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">-Amy Hayden </span></span></div>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-27749529525887977862010-05-21T12:45:00.000-07:002010-05-21T12:52:49.722-07:00Key Lime Pie and a Nebula<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8CwBew6VQpqs0xhqGUgjxiXqz5WYiNOklLpAMp1qnJnKowNNdggs8JNuAeWmdAVJJzibv6MZRrJ0ReKhyphenhyphen6rKstaXqPrLJm5Omye_3tAHhKb86Fcf7eqkYp4AOEgwy5_-z_I6vds2ToI/s1600/nebula-logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8CwBew6VQpqs0xhqGUgjxiXqz5WYiNOklLpAMp1qnJnKowNNdggs8JNuAeWmdAVJJzibv6MZRrJ0ReKhyphenhyphen6rKstaXqPrLJm5Omye_3tAHhKb86Fcf7eqkYp4AOEgwy5_-z_I6vds2ToI/s200/nebula-logo.gif" width="195" /></a></div>It was very good that TWONG -- known to people who are neither myself nor Kathleen Bartholomew, sister to the late, great Kage Baker, as THE WOMEN OF NELL GWYNN’S -- won its Nebula for best Novella last weekend at Nebulas Weekend in Cocoa Beach. The story wasn’t An All Time Favorite among the family, but it’s solid. And winning mattered a lot to me and Kathleen, who is old enough and experienced enough to know that an author wins an award when it’s time for her to win.<br />
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Fortunately, when three people had approached Kathleen and told her that, really, the nomination wasn’t the SF Literati equivalent of a belated pity fuck, she asked me what to think. I said they were telling the truth and she should believe them. So she did.<br />
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That is she did, until we opened the program at the banquet/awards event and saw that Kage’s bio piece had been omitted. She was livid. Truly. But like her sister, Kathleen is a lady, so I knew it wasn’t likely she’d lose it. I started to cry, but I was crying for her, so I followed her example and sucked it up. <br />
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But seated on Kathleen’s right was somebody who must be on the list for the coolest guy in fandom: Steven Silver. I’d never met him before and, actually, didn’t then, but he had a job at the banquet, and that job was troubleshooting. Nice man. And handsome, dressed in a dinner jacket with studs and links. The table kept track of how many minutes Steven was in his seat and how many he was out bagging troubles large and small; his longest stay at the table was seven minutes. Anyway, Steve apologized to Kate for the omission, and he meant it. Which was good; as he did not make the mistake, but, if he were OCD, he could have caught it. But he did think it was a shame. Also, he promised that the piece would appear somewhere else, though I couldn’t hear where.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1dogxsAgMIA5D_JLhDZiIljG8rjUcr-GbdP7SSCQW3mU3v6qTJK-25jdIGXjEr4iUXOamDF3Cp0DDGfG6SqkdIym4M1yFLjG1HuIzE8piap08mC6ngRL0sSeQRYoCtomtgW5hlFYFKg/s1600/key+lime+pie+-+lime+bars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1dogxsAgMIA5D_JLhDZiIljG8rjUcr-GbdP7SSCQW3mU3v6qTJK-25jdIGXjEr4iUXOamDF3Cp0DDGfG6SqkdIym4M1yFLjG1HuIzE8piap08mC6ngRL0sSeQRYoCtomtgW5hlFYFKg/s200/key+lime+pie+-+lime+bars.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
Then we had Key lime pie.<br />
Then we won!<br />
And then we saw it was the most gorgeous Nebula ever!<br />
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--Linn PrentisLinn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-85617406132640192152010-05-20T10:30:00.000-07:002010-06-01T13:14:21.698-07:00Author Tip #4: What's your problem?<div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">No, not <i>your</i> problem, per se - the problem of your main character. The biggest issue I find when reading queries, and the reason why I choose not to request more material, is that I just can't figure out what the central conflict of the plot is. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nBuJ30wBr_bR3uQAtztR55up4O2XaX99-n0EXc_mveTylhbU3QjwWYFrVZT4FXVy3JBwzpfAnw8iZFEMCDwMpiWPow6dPvCY6rxxPgpUfFoRQ5wDuhLmdGs-SETwzqt3FcrqT9mbr0A/s1600/s_rubik-cube.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nBuJ30wBr_bR3uQAtztR55up4O2XaX99-n0EXc_mveTylhbU3QjwWYFrVZT4FXVy3JBwzpfAnw8iZFEMCDwMpiWPow6dPvCY6rxxPgpUfFoRQ5wDuhLmdGs-SETwzqt3FcrqT9mbr0A/s200/s_rubik-cube.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So sit down, Authors, and think: What does my main character need to accomplish? Is there a problem that he/she needs to solve? Sure this may sound a bit formulaic. It is. If your story is more character driven, you may need to approach this differently. But for those of you who are writing high-concept manuscripts, really think about it. If you don't know, then you really do have a problem.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Signing off,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Amy Hayden </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">PS: A secret revealed is not, and cannot, be the plot. For example, the plot of Harry Potter isn't that he learns he's a born wizard. It's that he must defeat Lord _______ (hey, I'm superstitious). See? Maybe the reveal of the secret is the impetus for the rest of the novel; if so, tell me what comes next. How does this change the character's life? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Good luck!</span></div>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-65399649200046122302010-05-07T14:38:00.000-07:002010-05-07T14:38:55.140-07:00How Vampires are like Uggs, and why Supernatural Ain't Going Away<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is going to be a longer post in the future, but the question is worth some thought I think.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So WTF is UP with all this paranormal? I love it, personally, but I know that the publishing industry as a whole is seeing it as ratha' droll these days. Who cares, ey!? Bring on the silly bloodsucking creatures of the night! Here's my take on it all. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's like UGGS. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yeah, you heard me. First they were, like, <i>all the rage</i>, you know? And then everyone was all "Ugh, those things are sooo hideous. Ugg is for UGLY." And people got defensive, "What are you talking about? They're so comfortable." (Like sappy vampire love stories, UGGs make us feel good.) And then, people got over it. They decided to suck it up (muahahaha) and go along. Sure, there are few remaining fortresses of "those losers," but UGGs have become a staple, and are no longer a fad.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So step aside Publishing Giants, I think Supernatural is here to stay. The bubble won't burst, it will become a staple. Just like Uggs. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Signing off (without my Uggs - it's way to hot unless you're from California),</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Amy Hayden </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-35061331914016675592010-04-22T12:36:00.000-07:002010-04-22T12:47:36.062-07:00A Conversation About Killing Your Babies<div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">"Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it -- whole-heartedly -- and delete it before sending your manuscripts to press. <b>Murder your darlings.</b>" - Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch</span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></span></div></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">It was probably one week into Swanky MFA Program when I heard my professors tossing around this phrase. Students too! "Yeah, I'll most likely cut it. Kill your babies, and all."</span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">So I, without having a clear grasp on the phrase, took it to mean that one should not get so attached to their writing. That one must relinquish those pesky ego-blinders that keep one from seeing when something just isn't working. Edit, edit, edit. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Alas, I was wrong, though not terribly. The problem with your Witty Darlings is that they distract the reader, pulling them out of the "fictive state" or a state of absorption in the book. Still, when I found the original meaning of the phrase I decided to wholeheartedly disagree with it, to an extent (yes, yes, just play along). </span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>Me</b>: Linn, let's have a lengthy and snootish discussion on <i>the craft</i>. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>Linn</b>: Here here! ::waving her arm in a toast::</span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>Me</b>: I do not think that authors or editors should murder anyone's babies. Here's why: the moment at which one individual engages in the "fictive state" versus another differs. So, it is logical to conclude that the moment at which one disengages differs as well. It could be any old arbitrary verb, or a noun that does it. Plus there are birds. And music. And various other distractions that force the reader to disengage. Why shouldn't a phrase that makes you look up and say, "Daaaaamn, this author can write" have such a privilege too? </span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>Linn</b>: Well - </span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>Me</b>: I'm not done...So as I was saying, and what about the collective consciousness? I mean, if all authors just tossed out their finest moments, aren't they collectively a) dumbing down their words, b) catering to the lowest common denominator, and c) restraining both readers and writer AND humanity from achieving a higher standard of intellect when it comes to reading and writing?</span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>Linn</b>: Yes, well, I've certainly had to murder many authors' darlings, but sometimes it needs to be done. Frequently, that glorious turn of phrase occurs at an inopportune moment, acting as a red herring. </span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>Me</b>: Ain't that a bust? When the muse touches you just as your protagonist is, like, brushing their teeth? Inspiration is a bi-</span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>Linn</b>: -bieautiful. A beautiful, beautiful thing. </span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">There we have it readers, no conclusion as of yet, but throw in your two cents. Do you murder your babies? Or do you let them stand as beacons of glory-be, shiny pennies in a fountain for the the muses still doing their muse-y thing?</span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Happy ummm, murdering?</span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Amy Hayden </span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"></span></div>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-11862290582882577332010-04-15T12:46:00.000-07:002010-04-19T12:37:35.779-07:00Author Tip #2: Word count matters.<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No, wait. It doesn't just "matter." <b>Word count can completely dash your chances of representation.</b> Sound a little drastic?</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just read a query for a hard SF manuscript. There I was, intrigued by the synopsis and all juiced up to request sample chapters. My eyes must have skipped right over the bit that said, "Complete at 240,000 words" as I went back to sighing over what looks like a fabulous breeze outside my window. Thankfully I snapped back to reality enough to read that sentence again, and a rejection letter soon followed.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Read this and read it good: 240,000 is obscene. Ob. scene. for a first novel.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You might think, "But Amy, what about authors like JK Rowling and Tad Williams? <i>They've</i> published gazillion-word novels that have done fabulously!" And you'd be right. But those authors earned the right to such lengthiness. They started out, like everyone else, with novels of a more palatable length. If they weren't above the rules, bucko, neither are you.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So what should you be shooting for? A good average is around 90,000 words. 45 - 60,000 if you're writing a YA novel. A thriller better reach 85k. Anything too much over 120,000 words and you're likely fast-tracked to a form rejection. Keep it in mind.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Necessary Qualifier: This is simply the mind of one agency. Some agents, see Nathan Bransford's post on <a href="http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2008/02/novel-word-count.html">Word Count</a>, have a far more...lenient approach. That's cool. He, of course, has a fair point. In the end, if the work is stellar keep-my-eyes-glued-to-the-page-for-all-240 THOUSAND-words- stellar, than YEA, I'm in. But that has only happened once in Linn's 15 year track record.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And she battled the work down to 180k. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Case and point.</span>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-26270889211033483772010-04-12T14:50:00.000-07:002010-04-13T11:14:09.584-07:00Word of the Day<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">PERIPETIA</span>, a literary term</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aristotle defines it as "a change by which the action veers round to its opposite …." According to Aristotle, peripeteia, along with anagnorisis, or discovery, is most effective when it comes to drama, particularly tragedy. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Also, Silver Borne was #1 on NYT's Bestseller list for hardcover fiction! Go Patty!</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></span>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-50774984605562251432010-02-19T12:16:00.000-08:002010-04-19T12:15:58.254-07:00News: Award Nominations for LPL Authors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwKNOFV_MgM8n-ym-rAIchDdweiaJGzW8BAENiXPw3ZDHEhiScZApYZ4JSrDlGsX3jaK60h3CkuGrJCI7GbbDzcyD7Pdh6N7_3vuxToUXJX5DlhnLHII3gV_fCUJXyg73HS-ZcIDEMlk/s1600-h/wong_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwKNOFV_MgM8n-ym-rAIchDdweiaJGzW8BAENiXPw3ZDHEhiScZApYZ4JSrDlGsX3jaK60h3CkuGrJCI7GbbDzcyD7Pdh6N7_3vuxToUXJX5DlhnLHII3gV_fCUJXyg73HS-ZcIDEMlk/s320/wong_cover.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kage Baker's novella <b>The Women of Nell Gwynne's</b> has been nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> It is also up for the Hugo Award. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thinking both of Dickens and movies, and their influence on her work, and, through it, on me, let me find what I had to say - which was to tell her why, from the first, she and her work were so important to me.</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was, as I told her in that note, her editor, David Hartwell, who had first said it to me. It was shortly after she turned in <b>Graveyard Game</b>. "She's not perfect," he said. "Her characterizations slip sometimes. But the <i>story</i>, Linn. The story..."</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Later, as Kage honed her craft, her characterizations stopped slipping, but early or late, it was <i>story</i> that was primary with her. She worked backwards from the tale and, from it, found her characters. She did not develop characters and let her stories grow out of them, as American writers - and actors - are often taught. Her approach was more like the classical English approach to acting, building up from the outside, letting the action call forth the characters. </span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As I see it, the approach yielded complex stories of unusual clarity, stories she filled with characters called forth by the tales, animated from a life experience saturated with narratives and characters, shaped with an alert ear.</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kage's sister, Kathleen, tells me she believes the voice the reader hears in "The Literary Agent" was the voice Kage was always hearing. "The Literary Agent" is one of the first batch of stories published in <i>Asimov's</i>. It is a grace note that it is the only story of Kage's she had ever read to her mother, who always urged her to write.</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is, however, not one voice the reader hears in the tale, but two; it's a dialogue between Robert Louis Stevenson and Joseph, the story's literary agent, as well as, in other tales, cyborg father to immortal Mendoza, heroine of Kage's company works. It is fitting then, that, in this story, Joseph tells Stevenson: "<i>This is your dream</i>. This dream says you're going to become a famous author. You write slam-bang adventure stories." </span></div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-87113868066171589452010-02-04T15:29:00.000-08:002010-02-09T08:17:05.489-08:00News: Bone Crossed on NYT Bestseller List<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wwXl4WvJf6OrTndR6Iybb_OsCGTjJZJ8d_s7RDxu6O66kDNG-eX32cecMvZ9XdRgqaMsdoBCynZaBapg1OcyNz0hNvxEPiYWEMcaY_in26C6cdzepYJ_yhOD8O0uloUZt-VVUzFfmfM/s1600-h/BC_Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wwXl4WvJf6OrTndR6Iybb_OsCGTjJZJ8d_s7RDxu6O66kDNG-eX32cecMvZ9XdRgqaMsdoBCynZaBapg1OcyNz0hNvxEPiYWEMcaY_in26C6cdzepYJ_yhOD8O0uloUZt-VVUzFfmfM/s320/BC_Cover.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Patricia Briggs's </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Bone Crossed, </b>the<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">fourth novel in her Mercy Thompson series, reached #9 on the New York Times bestseller list (<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Paperback</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> Mass-Market Fiction)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> for the week of February 6, 2010. The book also appeared for six weeks on the Sunday NYT hardcover list. </span>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-68324859274947907972010-02-04T15:09:00.000-08:002010-02-09T08:15:50.430-08:00News: Locus Recommends Tachyon Publications<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Tachyon Publications</i>, for which we represent subsidiary rights, has nine recommendations on the Locus Magazine Recommended Reading list:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-55717728649692785142010-02-02T13:22:00.001-08:002010-02-04T15:30:47.024-08:00<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">Kage Baker, who was with</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">the agen</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">cy</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">long before</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">its official inception,</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">died in the</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">early</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">hours of</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">January</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> 31</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">, 2010,</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> after a short but</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">heroic</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">battle with cancer. </span></span></span><br />
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<div dir="LTR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">She is best known for</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">her Company</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> works</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">,</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">an SF</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">series</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">spanning human history, two planets, and at least 3 variations on the human race</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">; the tale</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">ultimately</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">r</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">an</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> to 8 volumes and dozens of short stories and novellas</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">.</span></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><br />
</div><div dir="LTR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">She also wrote fantasy,</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> notably</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">the novels</span></span><span lang="en-us"><i> </i><b><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">The</span></b></span><b><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">Anvil of the World</span></span></b><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> and</span></span><span lang="en-us"><i> </i><b><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">The House of the Stag</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">,</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">the lat</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">t</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">er a finalist for</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">a World Fantasy Best Novel Award in 2009.</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">She won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award in 2004 for</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">the novella</span></span><span lang="en-us"><i> </i><b><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">Empress of Mars</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">,</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">published by</span></span><span lang="en-us"><i> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">Asimov</span></i></span><i><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">’</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">s</span></span></i><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">magazine</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">,</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">and</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">later expanded and published as a T</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">or</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> novel</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">. </span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">She was nominated</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">several times for both</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">the</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">Hugo and Nebula</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> awards</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">.</span></span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><br />
</div><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">Kage</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">’</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">s</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">most recent novels</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">are</span></span><span lang="en-us"><i> </i><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"><b>Not Less</b></span><i><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> </span></i><b><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">Than Gods</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">, a steampunk novel</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> featuring members of The Gentlemen</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">’</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">s Speculative</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">Society</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> (</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">a Company precursor</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">)</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">,</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> and</span></span><span lang="en-us"><i> </i><b><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">The Bird of the River</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">,</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">a romance</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> set</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">in the universe of</span></span><span lang="en-us"><i> </i><b><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">Anvil of the World</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">.</span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">Both</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> will be published posthumously</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;"> by Tor</span></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="color: #003300; font-family: Verdana;">. </span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span>Linn Prentis Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13981823173718028226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3959160240106540323.post-19683191870630794122009-12-15T11:31:00.000-08:002010-02-09T08:19:42.880-08:00Author Tip #1: Email your query, not Snail...Why? Read on!<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hesitated about publishing this post, as agency secrets are best when kept, you know, <i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">secrets</i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nonetheless, I decided that there was enough personal interest here to warrant filling in y'all </span>weary (and wary) authors to a few suggestions</span>.<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> You may be asking yourself, "Should I email my query, or should I snail mail it?" Well, the answer is a resounding <b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Email</b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's why. Say we get a query in the mail, in which the requisite 10 pages are not included (tsk tsk). Should we find your submission even the barest shade of interesting,</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">we are less inclined to print out a request asking for those ten pages. However, if you send your query via email, it's just a quick reply</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. </span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Scenario 2: Perhaps I read an unsolicited query that piques my attention, but that we cannot take on for one reason or another. If the query had been emailed, I might write a brief note stating our thoughts, which I am happy to do from time to time. However, if it is unsolicited snail mail, the convenience of it all is dampened; it is unlikely that I will print out a personalized note to SASE back to the author, when the pile of such mail grows and grows like Act II of <i>Little Shop of Horrors. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lastly, it's environmentally friendly. And we here at Linn Prentis believe that somewhere, perhaps in the Puyo region of the Amazon, there is a brightly colored bird that has a brain like R.A. Lafferty, or is perhaps the incarnation of Lafferty, or is a distant-but-genius relation of Lafferty, and if we cut down his home, we will be without one of Linn's favorite Sci-fi authors. Again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Good luck, fair Authors,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Amy Hayden<br />
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