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ArmadilloCon — first impressions

Wow, that was fun. I enj0yed the weekend thoroughly. From the writers workshop on Friday to the YA panel on Sunday afternoon, I was busy. Being surrounded by creative, enjoyable, smart people made for a great con. But that’s the con scene anyway. Smart, funny, creative people who love science fiction and fantasy — it doesn’t get much better than that. The workshop: I co-taught with Rachel Caine, author of the Morganville Vampire Series and Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago

My Darklyng — Slate.com’s serial novel

I’m scheduled for a YA panel at ArmadilloCon this week, and will bring up My Darklyng, the serial novel that was published on Slate.com. Written by experienced YA novelists Laura Moser and Lauren Mechling, My Darklyng takes on the teen love affair with, well, love — as well as friendship, family relations, burgeoning careers, sex, sports, and vampire novels. With a cliffhanger every installment (the installments went up in sets of three chapters), the novel Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

I picked up The Iron King in a tiny bookstore in Alamosa, Colorado, and read it on vacation. I loved it. It was a great entry in the YA market. Kagawa takes the paranormal romance genre and brings it back to its roots — urban fantasy. The Iron King had a Charles de Lint feel that I thoroughly enjoyed. Meghan Chase is half-human, half-fey. On her 16th birthday, she is plunged into the world of Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago