Jennifer_Laughran
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I'm hearing rumbles that YA paranormal is on the slide. What do you think in your humble opinion? For that matter what has been done to death?
I have just started on the slippery slope of agent query. SO far I have three rejections, *piffle* as my friend would say. But I worry that I'm doing something out out of the norm.
My YA book is about a girl who finds out she is a norse god and is the only person standing in the way of Ragnarok. She is an Australian but the book is set in the States. My worry is that I have seen very little on Norse gods and she is Australian. Do you think either of those could be deal breakers?
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1. Meh, I don't know. There is a lot of terrible paranormal stuff out there. I think that ALL books need to be a lot better nowadays to sell - they have to be excellent and different enough to stand out.
2. You WORRY that you are doing something out of the norm? Sweetheart, if I saw something that was actually out of the norm, I'd kiss you.
3. I don't really get what her being Australian has to do with being a Norse god. I don't understand why it can't just be set in Australia or she be an American. But... I haven't read your book, I assume that would all make sense if I did.
4. There are books about Norse gods, but you are quite right that there are fewer than Greek. However the trope of "this is a normal modern kid who JUST HAPPENS to be descended from ______ " is kind of overdone - yours had better be awesome. It is, right?