Comments on: My problem with YA Fantasy http://anthony-pacheco.com/2008/09/15/my-problem-with-ya-fantasy/ A Princess, teh Bunneh and Goblin Ninjas. On fire. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:28:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: BAM! « Anthony Pacheco: Hack Writer http://anthony-pacheco.com/2008/09/15/my-problem-with-ya-fantasy/#comment-261 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:53:36 +0000 http://anthonypacheco.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-261 [...] ego on display), I set out to write chapter one of The Baby Dancers in accordance to my new “No Parental Cop-out Rule.” This would be my third novel, the second I would desire to publish and [...]

]]> By: Anthony http://anthony-pacheco.com/2008/09/15/my-problem-with-ya-fantasy/#comment-242 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:03:34 +0000 http://anthonypacheco.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-242 (O_O)

]]> By: David http://anthony-pacheco.com/2008/09/15/my-problem-with-ya-fantasy/#comment-238 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:43:10 +0000 http://anthonypacheco.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-238 Parents are in the Dark is Rising series (one of my favorites!), but as soon as young Will starts to discover his powers, the parents quickly become irrelevant background. (Nice that they’re there, though.) Instead, like many a YAF hero, Will starts spending more and more time alone with that strange older gentleman, discovering new things… which could lead to a different sort of Young Adult Fantasy, but I won’t go there. :)

]]> By: Anthony http://anthony-pacheco.com/2008/09/15/my-problem-with-ya-fantasy/#comment-232 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:35:51 +0000 http://anthonypacheco.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-232 A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings, yes. All the family is there, the author deals with it, one way or the other.

]]> By: Darcy http://anthony-pacheco.com/2008/09/15/my-problem-with-ya-fantasy/#comment-231 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:22:30 +0000 http://anthonypacheco.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-231 Are you referring to Song of Fire and Ice? I have been trying to read that book for ages. I swear there is a curse on me. I get halfway through, and I loose the book. I’ve owned five copies of A Game of Thrones and lost them all.

But you’re absolutely right, it is a family story. Do we follow those characters in other installments of the series? I really liked the Stark clan, even the ones I liked to hate.

]]> By: Anthony http://anthony-pacheco.com/2008/09/15/my-problem-with-ya-fantasy/#comment-230 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:16:53 +0000 http://anthonypacheco.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-230 Thanks Darcy, you’re right, it is a sweeping genre generalization.

I guess that is what attracted me to R.R. Martin. It’s a family story. Sure, bad things happen to the family members, but it’s all there, for good and for bad.

]]> By: Darcy http://anthony-pacheco.com/2008/09/15/my-problem-with-ya-fantasy/#comment-229 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:32:18 +0000 http://anthonypacheco.wordpress.com/?p=528#comment-229 Well said. Actually the whole dead or unknown parents thing is quite overdone in adult fantasy too. I cringe whenever I see the word “orphan”, or “sole survivor” on flap copy.

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