Comments on: Square pegs and round holes http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/21/square-pegs-and-round-holes/ about the craft and business of fiction Mon, 21 May 2012 12:38:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/21/square-pegs-and-round-holes/#comment-973 Therese Walsh Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:20:40 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/21/square-pegs-and-round-holes/#comment-973 I can identify with this so well, especially since my first ms was rejected because of potential marketing problems (or so I was told by an agent). Though I've grown as a writer since then in many ways, I don't think I've lost my ability to be a square peg, and I'm okay with that. Even if my story is never published, it is what it is, because I am what I am...so it's all good! I can identify with this so well, especially since my first ms was rejected because of potential marketing problems (or so I was told by an agent). Though I’ve grown as a writer since then in many ways, I don’t think I’ve lost my ability to be a square peg, and I’m okay with that. Even if my story is never published, it is what it is, because I am what I am…so it’s all good!

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]]> By: Melissa Marsh http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/21/square-pegs-and-round-holes/#comment-972 Melissa Marsh Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:12:50 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/21/square-pegs-and-round-holes/#comment-972 I like the idea of writing the story that doesn't fit within genre parameters - but then, that is always an excuse for editors and agents to reject you based on that fact that they wouldn't know how to market it. It's a Catch-22 situation! I like the idea of writing the story that doesn’t fit within genre parameters – but then, that is always an excuse for editors and agents to reject you based on that fact that they wouldn’t know how to market it. It’s a Catch-22 situation!

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]]> By: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/21/square-pegs-and-round-holes/#comment-971 Kathleen Bolton Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:00:31 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/21/square-pegs-and-round-holes/#comment-971 I think YA fiction is where the most exciting work is currently occuring. I've found the freshest voices and ideas in my daughter's bookshelves. We really are in a golden age of children's lit, imo. I think YA fiction is where the most exciting work is currently occuring. I’ve found the freshest voices and ideas in my daughter’s bookshelves. We really are in a golden age of children’s lit, imo.

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