UpvoteYA Episode 2: All About Genre and Process

Welcome to the episode two of the UpvoteYA podcast! In this episode we explore genre in the YA marketplace. We also discuss resources and tools for discovering trends, word count targets for various genres of YA, and a few different approaches to drafting and revision. Thanks for joining us!

SHOW NOTES

Air Time 33:12

BOOKS/AUTHORS we mention:

• • MORE HAPPY THAN NOT by Adam Silvera
  • WE ARE THE ANTS by Shaun David Hutchinson
  • A WORLD WITHOUT YOU by Beth Revis
  • IMAGINARY GIRLS by Nova Ren Suma
  • THE STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL SORROWS OF AVA LAVENDER by Leslye Walton
  • SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY (series) by Susan Dennard
  • THE CLOCKWORK CENTURY Series by Cherie Priest
  • LEVIATHAN (series) by Scott Westerfeld
  • ILLUMINAE (series, ongoing) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
  • THESE BROKEN STARS (series) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
  • HIGHLY ILLOGICAL BEHAVIOR by John Corey Whaley
  • THE SERPENT KING by Jeff Zentner

HELPFUL LINKS

• • http://agentthao.tumblr.com/post/141042754772/whats-the-difference-between-magical-realism-and
  • #MSWL: http://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/
  • Jennifer Laughran’s word count guidelines (2011): http://literaticat.blogspot.com/2011/05/wordcount-dracula.html
  • Word count search engine (for some books): http://www.arbookfind.com/default.aspx
  • https://querytracker.net/
  • Publishers Weekly Children’s Bookshelf Twitter: @PWKidsBookshelf
  • http://nanowrimo.org/
  • Leigh Bardugo’s approach to world building (2012): http://www.gollancz.co.uk/2012/06/sticks-and-stones-my-approach-to-world-building-a-guest-post-by-leigh-bardugo/

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