tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post5460233830054492699..comments2023-04-14T09:42:44.809-04:00Comments on Hannah Moskowitz: Let's Answer These Puppieshannah moskowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02347576280638165266noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-77694855835756169912010-08-21T17:06:38.881-04:002010-08-21T17:06:38.881-04:00You totally should.You totally should.hannah moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347576280638165266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-71225315964248276012010-08-21T17:05:33.320-04:002010-08-21T17:05:33.320-04:00"Too busy writing about gay incest". RO..."Too busy writing about gay incest". ROFL!! So one of my crit partners thinks there's a romantic vibe between my male protagonist and one of his military underlings. So he was supposed to fall in love with my female protagonist, but maybe I should just stop fighting fate and follow in your footsteps...Livia Blackburnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805379309049803903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-65057651528123183152009-12-31T15:34:16.394-05:002009-12-31T15:34:16.394-05:00Wow, so I'm awful at following your blog but y...Wow, so I'm awful at following your blog but yay, I can follow now!! I don't think that was always there....<br /><br />anyway, I really want to read The Animals Were Gone. Sounds amazing. Definitely something I'd pick up. I tend to write about boys a lot too...and gay boys. Maybe it's because I read a lot of that and I'm definitely more guy-minded than girl-minded. I do find girls easier to write though. <br /><br />I have a gay boy in my manuscript right now...trying to polish that one up. Gosh, I wish I could write a good query letter. I tend to fail at those. hahaha<br /><br />OOOOH I got Break last night though. I fail. I'm sorry it took so long, but I'm stoked to check it out.<br /><br />-LaurenShooting Stars Maghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074581473656321052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-19050947545498816132009-12-20T04:28:30.120-05:002009-12-20T04:28:30.120-05:00Regarding writing about gay males, I think you sho...Regarding writing about gay males, I think you should be okay. There will be politicised types who insist that only people IN minority groups can writer ABOUT minority groups, but most people will appreciate the effort as long as you don't write anything derogatory or stereotypical. <br /><br />Poppy Z. Brite is a good example. She writes overwhelmingly about gay men, to the extent that of the three novels I've read of hers there's only one fenale character of any significance, and even she (called Eddy) is notably androgynous. (PZB considers herself a gay man born in a female body.) And I've met gay men who are huge fans of her work. <br /><br />So it's really down to how well you do it, rather than that you do it at all.Gary Couzensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-38897531204535003412009-12-19T07:01:57.736-05:002009-12-19T07:01:57.736-05:00The title of the post is completely different form...The title of the post is completely different form the actual things asked within it....really very confused.<br /><a href="http://pets.vivastreet.co.uk/buy-pets/q/puppies" rel="nofollow">puppies for sale</a>09smithjamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841114215300863414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-83365533404665551222009-12-19T05:28:23.714-05:002009-12-19T05:28:23.714-05:00OHHH Hannah thank you so much! This was such an in...OHHH Hannah thank you so much! This was such an interesting and informative read.<br /><br />Thank you even more for the description of your books. All of them sound epic. I mean that. But, in my humble opinion (being the big shot agent/publisher that I am - HAHA), "The Animals Were Gone" has to be your third book. I've never been so in love with such a description before.Beth G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11539704886538586133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-28697565567838473382009-12-17T19:57:12.770-05:002009-12-17T19:57:12.770-05:00Jac--thanks for stopping by!
Raven--I just finish...Jac--thanks for stopping by!<br /><br />Raven--I just finished reading an ARC of Will Grayson, Will Grayson and it was BRIIIILLLLIANT. Maybe my favorite book ever. <br /><br />I'm hoping either The Animals Were Gone or All Together With Feeling is going to be my third book.hannah moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347576280638165266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-38067293227371079612009-12-17T17:57:35.895-05:002009-12-17T17:57:35.895-05:00I'm too lazy to read this whole thing... But m...I'm too lazy to read this whole thing... But mann! I just finished "Break" today and it was epic! I'm absolutly in love with the characters and everything... I can so relate to Jonah. Except I never broke my bones, just my skin. But man. I am so going to read more of your books, Hannah. <br /><br />I don't mind the cussing at all, but there deffinately is a lot of it, haha!Jaclovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198344224112720381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-41012065022060150892009-12-17T16:36:54.505-05:002009-12-17T16:36:54.505-05:00Contemporary is awesome! And I agree that there sh...Contemporary is awesome! And I agree that there should be way more out there. <br /><br />I am in love with The Animals Were Gone and All Together With Feeling. I would definitely want to read those if they were published. <br /><br />And you mentioned David Levithan in here. I haven't actually read any of his books yet, but I am looking forward to Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Mainly because it's co-written by John Green (I love him!) and because it just sounds so awesome.<br /><br />Thanks for answering the questions :)Raven Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03538947519732493635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-39187031878602883792009-12-17T11:04:58.107-05:002009-12-17T11:04:58.107-05:00Thank you! I'm, like, ridiculously hopeful abo...Thank you! I'm, like, ridiculously hopeful about TAWG.hannah moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347576280638165266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-29843549066787185802009-12-17T10:59:16.716-05:002009-12-17T10:59:16.716-05:00"Namely, the hype of fantasy novels to the de..."Namely, the hype of fantasy novels to the detriment of contemporary,"<br /><br />THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU. I thought I was going crazy reading crap UF/paranormal romance queries on AW and then seeing the author got 5 requests for a full and 10 partials or whatever. I'm not trashing the whole fantasy genre, but I think agents request SO much more in that genre regardless of the writing.<br /><br />I <3 contemporary. And I think The Animals Were Gone seems amazing.Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180833967091158106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-20039628060474032572009-12-17T03:04:53.027-05:002009-12-17T03:04:53.027-05:00Gary--that's very insightful, and one of my bi...Gary--that's very insightful, and one of my biggest problems with writing girls. Boys, I feel like I can make from scratch, while with girls I always inevitably fall into the trap of thinking that each aspect of them either has to be exactly like me or exactly not like me. It's very hard to separate them from myself, probably because...I don't have much experience with girls outside of myself. I have toooons of experience with boys. Platonically speaking.hannah moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347576280638165266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-9382181906549022892009-12-17T02:57:27.530-05:002009-12-17T02:57:27.530-05:00Thanks for answering those questions, Hannah.
You...Thanks for answering those questions, Hannah.<br /><br />Your work rate reminds me of the joke about the writer Edgar Wallace (early half of 20th century) who used to knock out novels in a matter of days. Someone phoned him up once and his secretary said, "I'm sorry, Mr Wallace is writing a novel." To which the reply was "Okay, I'll hold on, then." <br /><br />Unless you're writing MG or younger, swearing is a non-issue for me. I remember when you couldn't hear "fuck" in any scripted TV drama (in the UK) and they were always edited out of films shown on TV here. Nowadays you hear swearing on TV so many times it's probably overused. But I can't get exercised about it too much - overuse of profanity is no better or worse than redundant verbiage, telling-not-showing, flat characterisation or any other kind of weak writing.<br /><br />I've been reading more YA (and some MG) over the last couple of years than previously, and while I have the greatest respect for those who write younger YA or MG or children's picturebooks for that matter, the stuff I'm drawn to write myself is YA of the edgy, dark, contemporary and 14+ variety.<br /><br />As for the last question, you're too modest. You've already written two girls, in All Together With Feeling, and (with the proviso that I'm neither female nor American and no longer teenage) they seemed convincing enough to me. Maybe it's easier to write characters that aren't you, as you have some distance from them, then it is to write ones that could possibly be you? I feel that way too.Gary Couzensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-25102925090804706692009-12-16T23:42:28.664-05:002009-12-16T23:42:28.664-05:00I wish I could have your speed as well! haha. And ...I wish I could have your speed as well! haha. And I agree with you and Kristin on Contemp. "that makes me excited to be alive" - exactly how I feel.<br />Here's my little non-rant on cursing - feel free to react if you like:<br />I wrote the first draft of my WIP with a nice sprinkling of f-bombs. My MC is awfully jaded, so it pretty much fit. But when I started rewriting, I started taking all the f-bombs out. I don't know why... but I got 15k in and they were all gone. And actually, looking back, I don't think the story really needed them. NOW I have one f-bomb in the entire book that takes place in the climax. I like the effect of that, but I'm wondering if I might as well just take that one out and save myself the trouble with librarians who wouldn't stock it... or something. Confused.Emilia Platerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708086172577032789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-49550476967029170472009-12-16T22:39:43.613-05:002009-12-16T22:39:43.613-05:00Thanks so much for answering these questions! I ha...Thanks so much for answering these questions! I have to say, I'm amazed at your speed. I wish I could get something out that quickly...maybe if I really just locked myself into a room and did nothing else..maybe someday when I have a SO who will pay the bills and feed me during the process :P<br />Thanks again :)MBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325522661963443320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-87903890435625996292009-12-16T22:39:08.791-05:002009-12-16T22:39:08.791-05:00Kristin, I totally agree with you. One of my the r...Kristin, I totally agree with you. One of my the reasons I really love contemporary is because I'm not really into escapist fiction, so contemporary that's not SFF but still feels unbelievable really doesn't work for me.<br /><br />Some examples of GREAT contemporary YA: Laurie Halse Anderson, David Levithan, John Green, Ned Vizzini.hannah moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347576280638165266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-1692461033984486522009-12-16T22:35:55.533-05:002009-12-16T22:35:55.533-05:00Those are definitely not leagues. They're stag...Those are definitely not leagues. They're stages. Trust me. I'm still totally capable of writing books that are not good enough to be publishable. I do it all the time.hannah moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347576280638165266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-46451985873104173152009-12-16T22:34:55.237-05:002009-12-16T22:34:55.237-05:00I totally agree that there needs to be more contem...I totally agree that there needs to be more contemporary YA, but I want GOOD contemp, you know? I'm so sick of stuff like Gossip Girl and all this prep-school drama. That's why I read fantasy and dystopian; because there's more of it, and because of the ratio there's a bigger chance I'll stumble onto something good. But some of my ALL-TIME favorite books are contemporary (Jellicoe Road, To Kill a Mockingbird). Why can't there be more books like that? I want more of Marcelo in the Real World and Paper Towns and Jellicoe Road and Break. I want more contemp that makes me excited to be alive; stuff that's not just escapist or cheesy teen bubble-gum books. <br /><br />Okay. Sorry 'bout that. /end rant.<br /><br />Thanks for answering these questions! :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-91955973044756523302009-12-16T22:33:42.708-05:002009-12-16T22:33:42.708-05:00Oh also MAN YOU HAVE WRITTEN A LOT OF BOOKSSSS.
I...Oh also MAN YOU HAVE WRITTEN A LOT OF BOOKSSSS.<br /><br />I now feel like doing a post of all the books I've written. Even though I'm in league: unagented and you're in league: super-awesome-published.Jordynhttp://girljordyn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-8374410350742690302009-12-16T22:31:39.605-05:002009-12-16T22:31:39.605-05:00I agree completely, Jordyn--honesty is honestly. C...I agree completely, Jordyn--honesty is honestly. Cursing is not honesty. It's one type, sure, but it's not exactly the be-all end-all (do I use that phrase enough or what? Jesus.)hannah moskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347576280638165266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4375524926817525353.post-43936296223616819812009-12-16T22:27:46.177-05:002009-12-16T22:27:46.177-05:00Okay, about the "sugarcoating" (coming f...Okay, about the "sugarcoating" (coming from someone who never cusses in her writing)... it's not always sugarcoating. Teenagers, just like every other type of human being on the planet, are very very different. Some of us cuss. Some of us don't. Some of us have harsh, "edgy" problems and some of us worry about how our hair looks in the morning.<br />So I don't consider it sugarcoating to not have those types of "edgy" things in books UNLESS the story or characters seem like they demand it and the author avoided it for some reason.<br /><br />okay, rant over. back to reading the questions.Jordynhttp://girljordyn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com