tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911862.post8134459388995620761..comments2023-12-15T08:48:28.098-05:00Comments on Once in a Blue Muse: The way some stories stay with youLisa Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07530826748768737972noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911862.post-90566178901912059082011-03-18T12:44:34.247-04:002011-03-18T12:44:34.247-04:00What an odd comment to make: "A few weeks ag...What an odd comment to make: "A few weeks ago, British writer Martin Amis incited controversy (again) when he said he'd "need to have a brain injury before [he wrote] for children." A good lesson for all writers; don't verbally broadcast your insecurities.<br /><br />I have yet to understand the classification, YA. The characters are young, true. Yet, in most of these novels the plots, the people and the stories told are vital to people of all ages. Besides, even in my 60s I love having the fae in my life! <br /><br />Children did not purchase Harry Potter or the Twilight series. Although it may have been purchased for them, I'll bet you that a large percentage of the people purchasing those books read them.<br /><br />Most of us who grew up on SF/Fantasy/YA look at the world asking, "What is the result of this" instead of accepting things as they are fed to us. I truly believe that an enhanced ability to create one's own life is a direct result of gaining the alternate perspectives provided by those genres.SusanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053275454367771706noreply@blogger.com