If Naomi Novik's novels are the Napoleonic Wars with dragons, Jo Walton's Among Others is English girls' school with fairies. This is a strange, unclassifiable novel. Is it adult or young-adult? Is it literary fiction or fantasy, or magical realism, or ...? Whatever it is, it's wonderful. The voice of the 15-year-old protagonist, who is … Continue reading English girls’ school with fairies
Category: sci-fi
No, No Nano
So I am not doing NaNoWriMo because I'm concentrating on revising my middle-grade sci-fi novel, Invasion. And writing some on my current WIP, Rosalita, a YA urban paranormal.I have gotten some fascinating feedback on Invasion from two first-rate agencies with permission to resubmit after revisions. And from Ellen Hopkins, author of Crank, and its sequels.The … Continue reading No, No Nano
