I am almost officially on my summer break. I have tests to correct and grades to figure out, but no more classes. I am so psyched for summer. Since I’m going nowhere (boo hoo), I plan to focus a lot on writing.
Here are two blog posts that came my way that I’d like to share. The first is from Suzanne Lazear over at Steamed. She writes about the niche genre Elfpunk. I never realized there was a separate genre for books that focus solely on the elf world. She gives a good list of authors who fall in this category. I have to admit I’ve never read or even heard of some of them. I look forward to checking them out. Click on the link to find out “What is Elfpunk?”
The second blog post came via a Latina newsletter. Marcela Landres, author of the e-book, How Editors Think: The Real Reason They Reject You has a blog post up at The Lit Coach’s Guide to the Writer’s Life. In it she tackles the issue of Creating Your Original Voice. She raises a good point that while it might be helpful from a marketing view to categorize your writing as “just like Nora Roberts,” you won’t hold an agent or editor’s attention for long if you don’t have a voice of your own, a style and sound that set you apart from others.
