Twitter Tuesday~Conference Notes
Last week I didn't make it onto Twitter much because of being so busy with conferences. So instead of tweets I'm going to give you my notes from a session by Simon Pulse editor Emilia Rhodes that I attended titled Young Adult Paranormal Market.
Paranormal is, "Anything that cannot be explained by the confines of reality."
Paranormal, "It's an umbrella term."
"Despite myself I found myself falling in love with the brooding bad boys whether they have a beating heart or not."
"There's always going to be a place for a story with good heart."
"One of the biggest draws of the parnormal is that it's sexy."
"The universal feeling of being a teen is that you don't fit in."
On location, time, "You can go wherever you want so take advantage of it."
"If I can read twenty five pages of your book and tell you how it's going to end it's probably going to be a rejection."
You can find Emilia on Twitter where she often imparts such wisdom and much more. Just click on her name for a link. Editors are great people to follow there because you can learn a lot about the industry, what's hot, and what's not.
"Despite myself I found myself falling in love with the brooding bad boys whether they have a beating heart or not."
ReplyDeleteI love that line. Still envy you the experience of that conference, Heather!
Roland
Thanks, Heather! I liked those comments (you know I did) so I'm now following her! :D
ReplyDeleteOooh...Heather.Thanks! I feel much encouraged. Paranormal and sexy...yep! That about says it.
ReplyDeleteHeather, I love this. I'd never thought of paranormal as being sexy. I might have to read it. I like sexy.
ReplyDeleteGreat quotes, Heather. Thanks for sharing. :-)
ReplyDeleteCan I echo what Roland just said? LoL The line was my fave and so wishing I were attending the conference with you and the ‘sisters’! Hope you had fun (dumb to say, because I know you did)!
ReplyDeleteI really liked this one: "If I can read twenty five pages of your book and tell you how it's going to end it's probably going to be a rejection."
ReplyDeleteThis is good to remember because you want your readers to be surprised and wondering what will happen next.
Roland, she has a way with words that's for sure! I still wish you could have gone. :)
ReplyDeleteLisa, excellent, you'll love her tweets! She's a great lady too.
June, she really encouraged me too!
ReplyDeleteKarlene, you'd love it! You'll definitely have to give reading it a try.
Shannon, you're welcome!
ReplyDeleteLindsey, I wish you could have gone too! You would have loved Emilia. She might have even convinced you to try writing YA. ;)
Karen, I loved that quote too! There's a lot we can learn from that one.
Okay. So you officially have the coolest artwork for a blog header of any blog I have ever seen. Officially.
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe I wasn't following your blog. I've fixed that now.
Thank you so much Matthew! I'm totally honored!
ReplyDeleteGlad you made it home safely! Sounds like a good session. Of course, I love my paranormal, brooding bad boys and all.
ReplyDeleteSooooo...how was the purple cauliflower? ;-)
The conference was excellent! Ah, those paranormal brooding bad boys. You can't go wrong there! I see you read Carol's post. As for purple cauliflower, it is very nasty tasting and so very wrong... ;)
ReplyDeleteParanormal does sound fun to write! Bad boys without hearts, though—what's paranormal about that??? Just kidding.
ReplyDeleteWow, wish I was there, but love the notes! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteLinda, LOL, so true! Sounds pretty normal. ;)
ReplyDeleteAmie, I wish you could have been too. I'm glad the notes are helpful to you though!
Sorry I'm late to this...I'm sick, terribly sick, and not really making any rounds. A couple brief pop-ons and then my head falls back on my pillow.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Fun stuff. THANK YOU for sharing your notes. I love you even more for your generosity. *hugs* (I wouldn't hug you in person right no, due to this Ebola thing I've got, but cyber hugs are safe. :)
Love,
Lola
Thanks for sharing the conference and your notes with us, Heather! christy
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