tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177161405083769316.post7972723489787386910..comments2024-02-14T09:00:51.793-07:00Comments on in principio erat verbum: The BYU Symposium on Books for Young Readerscbhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165235578101226421noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177161405083769316.post-72192732029446984842010-07-24T17:53:10.186-06:002010-07-24T17:53:10.186-06:00This was last Thursday and Friday (15 and 16 of Ju...This was last Thursday and Friday (15 and 16 of July). I only heard about it because my Professor said I could get in free since I was in his class.<br /><br />Although most of what they said was for non-writers (teachers, librarians, parents, etc.), some of it was still very interesting. I thought Brandon Mull's lecture was particularly interesting (and he is a pretty funny guy as well). He talked about why he writes what he does--specifically young adult fantasy. It was pretty cool to hear his "justification" of why he chose the literary pathway he did. I'm personally very interested in why there is such a huge rift between "literary fiction" and "fantasy/genre fiction", so I'm always intrigued by what others have to say about it.<br /><br />One author (Elizabeth Partridge--she writes YA nonfiction) had some things to say about writing nonfiction for young adults, which was interesting considering the fact that nonfiction has been the focus of so much of my thoughts lately.<br /><br />Other than that, it was a lot of the "usual" I suppose. It was a good symposium--a bit different than what I'm used to, but good.cbhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165235578101226421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177161405083769316.post-72077919400819262882010-07-23T18:22:49.425-06:002010-07-23T18:22:49.425-06:00Whoa, when was this? I totally never ever heard a ...Whoa, when was this? I totally never ever heard a single word about this! Oh well, I've had no money to spend for a while now, so I probably wouldn't have been able to go anyways.<br /><br />Any highlights in what they talked about? Or was it the usual? =PCholisosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045871264049455969noreply@blogger.com