Showing posts with label urban fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label urban fantasy. Show all posts

Monday, April 25, 2011

My Urban Fantasy... nearly fulfilled

This has something to do with my story. Shiny Pretty. Pic from here
Thanks to a quick review of this quote from literary agent Jennifer Laughran, I'm officially characterizing my book as YA Urban Fantasy with sci-fi elements (but that second part only if you ask).

Initially I thought it would be paranormal romance, but the paranormal elements just became more and more fantastic and complex until the fantasy world separate from Earth became kind of an important part of the story. Integral, really. So now that it's about two worlds, it's firmly in the fantasy category, but there are still plenty of high-school based scenes on Earth, which would probably technically make it suburban fantasy, if there were such a thing. Whatever.

The point is I've categorized it! Yay!

And the other good news is that my 60,000-word finish line expanded as I hoped to 65,000 words once I added the details that were sorely missing. Still a few more lines of revisions to be done, but it's close. It's really close. I'm starting to feel like {warning: cliche coming} the end is in sight.

And just in time for the LDS Storymaker's Conference in SLC!! My first writing conference- Yay again! I've signed up for a pitch session with an editor, so any and all advice on live pitching is very welcome. It's a ten-minute session.

And it's a week and a half away!

What genre are you writing right now? 
And do you have any live pitching advice for me?

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The Difference Between Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Fiction

From WriteOnCon live chat with Andrea Laughran of Andrea Brown Lit, we have: The Difference Between UF and Paranormal!
(the world makes sense at last!)


Wednesday August 11, 2010 8:21 
AuthoressAnon:  
Hiya Jenn! I'm popping in at the tail end, but if this question squeaks through I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts! In your opinion, what are the differences between YA UF and YA paranormal?
Wednesday August 11, 2010 8:21 
jennlaughran: 
uf
Wednesday August 11, 2010 8:21 
jennlaughran: 
oh does that mean urban fantasy?
Wednesday August 11, 2010 8:22 
Jamie Harrington: 
urban fantasy
Wednesday August 11, 2010 8:22 
Jamie Harrington: 
yeah
Wednesday August 11, 2010 8:22 
ShannonMessenger: 
I think so
Wednesday August 11, 2010 8:22 
jennlaughran: 
I don't know, Authoress. They are kinda interchangable to me. I guess I consider fantasy to be more a made up world, urban fantasy to be a made up world IN AN CITY, and paranormal to be more phenomena in this world.  Like for example, demented fairies roaming around in the subway shooting drugs and putting spells on people, is urban fantasy.  Some psychic chicks in a boarding school is paranormal.



A huge, all-caps THANK YOU to Jennifer Laughran of Andrea Brown Literary for answering a question that's been plaguing the writing community for generations. (Hyperbole intended)


Check out her blog for more literary brilliance!