tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post4496483680768363983..comments2009-02-21T22:14:59.441-06:00Ally Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07272316015833317262noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-70798494196921303772009-02-21T19:14:00.000-06:002009-02-21T19:14:00.000-06:00I just wanted to say that me (Fourteen) and my sister (Eighteen) both love your books. :)Cassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-18509873816597575292008-09-25T10:03:00.000-05:002008-09-25T10:03:00.000-05:00Omigosh. This was one of the most enlightening things I've ever read on YA fiction. Thank you so much for posting this.<BR/><BR/>You'll probably never see my comment anyway, but seriously, a million times 'thank-you'.Big Plain Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11956279552298172157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-21052845054905918452008-09-23T15:06:00.000-05:002008-09-23T15:06:00.000-05:00YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT!! I would definitly show up at your house for brownies if I knew your adsress. For one I love brownies and for two it would be totally awesome is I could actually talk to you in person. :]<BR/><BR/>-DevinDevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-32158125446090088472008-09-20T19:16:00.000-05:002008-09-20T19:16:00.000-05:00thank you so much for this. i actually wrote a YA novel "by accident", thinking it was just fantasy. so i'm learning as i go. and your posts on YA genre have been really helpful.cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12175698109176599954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-83165670145443323582008-09-20T07:37:00.000-05:002008-09-20T07:37:00.000-05:00Your first post was great, but this one was *awesome.* Helpful, informative, fascinating, and it contained answers to quite a lot of questions I've been wondering about for years but could never find answers to! Thank you very much!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786940428737153633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-19244072791478112062008-09-19T22:23:00.000-05:002008-09-19T22:23:00.000-05:00Again, I agree with you 100%. I especially agree with the teens are flexible part because my friends and I switch different genres and stuff all the time. For one book it will be about mermaids and unicorns and then the next book we read will be about a serial killer. Also, teens do read in packs and word-of-mouth is usually how teens know about the books they read. Excellent post, Ally!=DKathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03614523909984013590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-55681100066537299882008-09-19T18:06:00.000-05:002008-09-19T18:06:00.000-05:00your postes r sooooooooo interisting ...... I really enjoy reading your postsEmo Vampire Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09328263095375468769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-11690913065164261152008-09-19T01:24:00.000-05:002008-09-19T01:24:00.000-05:00This was sooo good I had to put a thread on Verla Kay about it.Kim Kaschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16955657301998255029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-69586399047032393752008-09-14T20:19:00.000-05:002008-09-14T20:19:00.000-05:00The thing is about YA (fiction mainly), is that a lot of it is portrayed to girls. <BR/><BR/>And if not, lets just be honest, we will read it anyways.<BR/><BR/>Because usually (not in all cases Gallagher and Twi-guys!) girls are more open-minded about what they read than vice-versa.<BR/><BR/>And what do girls like to do?<BR/><BR/>Wait for it...<BR/><BR/>TALK!!!<BR/><BR/>So if you are say, Ally Carter, chances are if you write one good book, every girl will know about it. Within six months, I gaurantee! So when you're second book comes out, OMG!'s are everywhere, and you have yet another succesful book.<BR/><BR/>But say you are Scott Westerfeld. Not only do you have a succesful series of books, but you have three or four of them. Or five. And it works the same way.<BR/><BR/>I'm not even going to say that "you" are J.K. Rowling or Meg Cabot. I think you get the point I'm trying to make.<BR/><BR/>So girls read, talk, and shate. <BR/><BR/>Talk. Its what you do.Tangelinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-39760416730598142042008-09-14T12:13:00.000-05:002008-09-14T12:13:00.000-05:00I loved this post because it's so true. I'm not entirely sure why I read it considering I AM a teen reader, not an author... but it was still worthwhile knowledge I think.puppyrock3http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485690750872055567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-90315850181323342902008-09-14T09:21:00.000-05:002008-09-14T09:21:00.000-05:00I don't know if this is a right or wrong question but what size font do you type in?Mirandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-58917974090174380942008-09-13T21:53:00.000-05:002008-09-13T21:53:00.000-05:00ally you r the truest truth speaker i have ever heardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-19084130846760968562008-09-13T17:48:00.000-05:002008-09-13T17:48:00.000-05:00Ally,<BR/>That thing about the Georgia Peach award... Yeah, well, I live in Georgia. I read your book because I picked it up at B&amp;N because the cover looked cool, I read the back, was hooked, then remembered I was broke, so I put it back. About three weeks later, while selving books (I work in the school Media Center for community service hours), my libranian asked me if I had read it. I said no, but I wanted to. She told me that it was on the Georgia Peach award list, so she read it, and it was incredible. So I read it. And became obsessed. And got all my friends obsessed. Because of a list. I love lists...<BR/><BR/>~AllisonAllisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-23240833113314443982008-09-13T17:44:00.000-05:002008-09-13T17:44:00.000-05:00defineately. if i read a really good book, ill immediately text my friends and tell them about it and they do the same thing. i pretty much tell everyone i ever meet to read it if i like it enough. and its upsetting because there really arent many good books for us out there.<BR/><BR/>and alive cullen, youre so lucky if thats your real name, i totally agree with you!!<BR/><BR/>ally, keep the amazing posts coming!!!!isabellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-30224730400433002882008-09-13T13:17:00.000-05:002008-09-13T13:17:00.000-05:00I totally agree with what you said about word of mouth. My friends and I are <I>always</I> suggesting books to each other. <BR/><BR/>And, actually, I suggested LYKY and CMH to a friend of mine a little while ago. She read them, and now she's a huge of a fan of them, just like me! :)Erin, the redheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-3578119167966858342008-09-13T08:59:00.000-05:002008-09-13T08:59:00.000-05:00Alice Cullen, I &lt;3 both of ur comments here. and i do get ur first post, totally makes sense to me, but maybe just cause i like to over analyze stuff.! ;PGallagherGirlAtHeartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-78482008908835336062008-09-13T00:46:00.000-05:002008-09-13T00:46:00.000-05:00What you wrote about teens reading in packs is soooooooo true. :) my friend had been reading the Twilight saga.....so she told me about it. and i read it. and now im addicted. <BR/> i read ur books and told my friends....and now they ♥ them as much as i do. i also read the Warriors series and told them about that. they read them. we did the same thing with the maximum ride series. and now we have a bajillion books on our minds that we never stop thinking about. <BR/> and since we told eachother about these books......we cry, laugh out loud in the middle of class (quite litterally), and scream over and about these books. yes scream. we rant, rave, etc. about ur books and the other ones i mentioned. and we absolutely love it! :]<BR/> and what you said about us still liking books even when we get older,,,,,also sooooo true. i read the boxcar children, the wariors series, trixie belden, magic tree house, and other series like them when i was younger, but i STILL read them cause they were written good. and i like them. so evry once in a while, ill go back to my little person books and read them again. and again. and again.:)<BR/> and i know i will still like ur books when i go into my 20&#39;s and 30&#39;s and 40&#39;s and so on. and i know my friends will too. <BR/>bottom line.....I LOVE AND ALWAYS WILL LOVE U, UR BOOKS, AND UR BLOGS! :D <BR/> luv ya!<BR/> -AlyssaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-41415311186678748872008-09-12T23:38:00.000-05:002008-09-12T23:38:00.000-05:00Great post AllyNatalie Hatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377665702278806398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-83529883045663568512008-09-12T20:48:00.000-05:002008-09-12T20:48:00.000-05:00awesometasticAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-47099573294948655452008-09-12T20:20:00.000-05:002008-09-12T20:20:00.000-05:00Okay, I know this is my second time commenting, but two hits here!<BR/><BR/>Voldemort, great analogy.<BR/><BR/>Miranda, about the bratty books, I agree!Alice Cullennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-5233048289467635212008-09-12T18:33:00.000-05:002008-09-12T18:33:00.000-05:00AMAZING!! I LOVE IT! and to the "What do i do when fans grow up?" question, another true answer is that sometimes they dont... couple adults i know still LOVE books that they loved when they were teens!GallagherGirlAtHeartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-59202816349894094332008-09-12T17:50:00.000-05:002008-09-12T17:50:00.000-05:00I really can't stand going into the YA section anymore. There are only a few really good YA books now. There is seriously one shelf of books in that section I will read and have read and all the rest is about a ton of rich, popular, brats. It's like writers think that us teens can relate to those kind of people and we really can't. And, even if we can relate to some of them, we don't want to. Because teens usually read to ESCAPE reality. That's why your books are so exciting and fun to read. I don't like reading about things I can see for real in high school. So, please write as many books as you can because good books for teens are starting to become harder to find. And that's just my opinion.Mirandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-43632448492893409602008-09-12T17:35:00.000-05:002008-09-12T17:35:00.000-05:00I really enjoyed reading these last two posts, Ally! It's really cool too reading them from the perspective of a writer AND a member of the teenage audience. :) And that's definitely true about teens reading in packs. I know my friends and I do. <BR/><BR/>On an unrelated note, I have a question about writing. When you first started your first book, did you start off thinking "This is going to be a real book," or was it just kind of a "hmm, I have this story in my head so I'm going to write it down and see what happens"? And when you first started writing, did you ever show your friends/family what you had written?Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06637807057316162413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-23656983524123330022008-09-12T17:30:00.000-05:002008-09-12T17:30:00.000-05:00Thanks for enlightenment.<BR/><BR/>I like your answers. They make me realize you actually know teens. As opposed to the 99.9% of the population who think they know teens.<BR/><BR/>Why can't there be 99.9% of people who know teens, instead of vice versa? Then the other .1% would just be like...the few leftover germs when you use hand sanitizer. No problem.<BR/><BR/>99.9% is a lot. Which is why I have the utmost confidence that my hands are getting clean when I use Purell.<BR/><BR/>~ VoldemortVoldemorthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voldemortnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327108.post-19910530039923495972008-09-12T16:01:00.000-05:002008-09-12T16:01:00.000-05:00Excellent writing right there.<BR/>Great answers, Ally.<BR/><BR/>Question:How do you start writing a book?<BR/>Deatils:You have the idea. You even have the rough draft title. I even know how the whole book is going to go[***]Now what?<BR/><BR/>***-Although I'll most likely end up with something totally different then what I began with. That's what always happens.angelanoreply@blogger.com