tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753728670089727264.post8027089169239587127..comments2022-04-21T23:25:44.108-04:00Comments on Historical Mayhem, Inc.: On GenresRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397530477434680079noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753728670089727264.post-77989000484883191892010-05-08T08:53:37.659-04:002010-05-08T08:53:37.659-04:00I agree completely... and yet my next project has ...I agree completely... and yet my next project has a female protag. Hopefully to be adored by boys and girls alike.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397530477434680079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753728670089727264.post-52415116982045202472010-05-07T22:08:05.847-04:002010-05-07T22:08:05.847-04:00I love YA history Ann Rinaldi is a favorite but th...I love YA history Ann Rinaldi is a favorite but the ones with boy protagonists are more interesting because a lot of YA historicals aimed at girls is mostly more romantic than anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753728670089727264.post-21087146961992009832010-05-03T01:01:51.321-04:002010-05-03T01:01:51.321-04:00I certainly don't think that all historical no...I certainly don't think that all historical novels are created equal. You're absolutely right in saying it's too broad of a category. Sure, there are very traditional historicals (you all know the ones I'm talking about), but to me at least, there are historical mysteries, historical capers, historical adventures, literary historicals, historical war novels, etc. <br /><br />I had a surprised beta reader once tell me that I'd misrepresented one of mine as a "historical novel" because it was nothing like a Phillipa Gregory book or anything. And I can see what the reader was saying. It's a decidedly more literary book than the sort of traditional historical telling a slice of a well-known story, peopled with big, marquee names. A further distinction had to be made.<br /><br />I do think, though, that the "historical" addendum is necessary. A "historical mystery" isn't the same as just a "mystery". The former will have elements of both genres.Jessica Brockmolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05333664969192588015noreply@blogger.com