So remember when I said we wouldn’t have a Simon till July for Reasons?
The Reasons were that the actors up for Simon had to test with Jamie and Lily in Toronto to see how the chemistry worked. When I talked to Jamie and Lily yesterday it was about who we thought was the absolute best, the most…
LOVE finally seeing all three Infernal Devices covers together! I can’t wait for Clockwork Princess.
The Clockwork Princess cover. It’s up and it’s gorgeous.
Well done all you guys! 30,000 tweets in a few hours. You rock.
Check out the big version here: http://shadowhunters.com/clockworkprincess/
I accidentally deleted the name of the person who asked me this. For that I am EXTREMELY sorry.
These kind of comments are both incredibly complimenting, and make me a bit sad. I wish that there was no reason ever to ask me why I’d have gay characters in my books because they were reflected everywhere, and them being in my books wasn’t notable. I don’t think I did anything special by writing GBLQ characters — I just wanted to.
I have so many gay and lesbian and bisexual friends. My best friend is bisexual. My critique group has three queer members. My mother’s best friend, who I’m named after, is gay, as is my sister-in-law. When worlds and characters construct themselves in my mind, they have gay people in them.
A lot of my readers ask where all the gay characters are in books. They are out there —! and the best thing you can do to encourage there being more of them is buy and read books that feature them. That will show there is a market, and people excited and happy to read those stories. Here’s a good starting point to find them:
YA Books with major gay, lesbian, transgendered and questioning characters.
(via cassandraclare)
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I probably should have mentioned that. MTV reports on the movie deal:
http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2012/04/19/cassandra-clare-holly-black-the-iron-trial/
“The good news: Far-off release date or not, “Callum Hunt” has officially claimed a place on the list of Top Five Most Crushworthy Names In YA Lit and should be there for probably the next five years.” *hee* Well, Call does age from 12 to 17 through the course of the series, so … it’s legit. Same age as Jace and Will.
I went to get my hair done and missed a lot of the announcing, so I am using my co-writer privilege and reblogging all Cassie’s posts.
Our girl Veronica Roth is the second most quoted author on Goodreads! (And Cassandra Clare’s City of Fallen Angels is the most quoted book over all— yay YA!)
via GalleyCat
“To my mind, YA is a subset of adult fiction, not of children’s fiction, and should be considered as having an entry reading age rather than an age *range*. The entry level is probably 13 or 14, but there is no upper level because the books are also for adults. Saying YA is 13-21, or 13-18 or…
Amen!
