About
The Blog:
"YA
Angst" was started on July 13th, 2012--Friday the 13th. My goal is for
this blog to appeal to both YA
writers and YA readers. I’ll have interviews with some awesome YA authors,
giveaways (I’m crossing my fingers for some ARC giveaways, too!), rants about
problems in YA, random cover gawking, writing contests, agent/editor
interviews, probable critiques, and most importantly, a lot of ANGST, in all
forms of the word. But really, what would YA be without angst?
I probably
won’t do real book reviews, but I’ll have posts to recommend certain YA books
and also some other posts where I scream at no one in particular about how much
I want “X” book that comes out in an entire year and since I’m not a real
reviewer, I can’t get my grubby paws on an ARC. I know, I know, major first
world pains right there. I’m sorta-kinda basing this blog off YA Highway, one of my favorite blogs ever,
except I hope to make it a little more reader focused. I might make the
occasional post about my own writing, but since I know no one cares about the
Woes of an Unpublished/Unagented Writer, that will be kept to a minimum. For
your own sake, believe me. You haven’t seen angst until you hear me talk about
my writing…
This blog's name was inspired by one awesome Leigh Ann Kopans. About a week before I started this blog we were blabbering on about how angsty romance in YA is so much fun to write, and when I needed to name Le Blog, that's what struck me first. So.
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About the
Angst Behind The Angst (i.e. About Me)
I’m John. I’m am opinionated high
school student who likes to think he knows what he’s doing. And yes, I’ll tell
you my exact age as soon as I get published (i.e. 20 years from now). I used to
have a very life threatening case of Golden Words Syndrome, and I’ve officially
been cured. Ask anyone who follows me online; I don’t exactly love everything I
write… (*cough* I hate hate hate literally everythingI
write *cough*). Now I have some awesome CPs, betas, and writing cheerleaders on
Twitter who keep me going everyday (you guys rock!).
I read and
write YA a bit too obsessively, I naturally dislike preachy books in the genre,
I’m an abuser of exclamation points, caps lock and commas, and I’m a proud
ranter. I also dislike censorship in YA, so if you’re still convinced that YA
is full of roses and purity and teenagers dancing and kissing in fields of
total happiness, you should probably leave this blog before I squash your
dreams. I do that a lot, believe me. And somehow, a few non-profit magazines
have published my short stories/poems and want me to submit future stories as
well. Don't worry, I don't understand it either. Also, there's this:
"There's a line between killing your characters out of necessity and
killing them for pleasure. I tend to cross it." (I should totally
copyright that...)
I also co-run
Teens Can Write, Too!, a
seriously awesome (I'm a bit biased, of course...) blog for teen writers.
My favorite
writing quote is...
"Being a
successful writer is 3% talent, 5% luck, and 92% not being distracted by the
internet." - Anonymous
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me on:
Also, I like
to give out internet cookies. And chocolate. So if you follow this blog,
comment often, etc. you will get internet cookies, which is a very prestigious
gift, I assure you.
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