Fic Corner Brainstorming
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fic_cornerThe Exchange at Fic Corner 2017 Schedule
June 3rd - Brainstorming Post will open; Any Changes to Eligibilty Rules will be posted (none this year).
June 9th - June 17th - Nominations
June 17th - June 18th - Vetting
June 18th - June 27th - Sign-Ups
June 28th - Assignments Sent Out
August 21st - Deadline for Stories
August 28th - Collection Goes Live
While I was hoping to shift the schedule to Memorial Day (last Monday in May) to Labor Day (first Monday in September), I'm late getting started this year. I've also moved sending out assignments earlier as I can't guarantee I'll have time to deal with issues the last weekend of June.
Go forth and brainstorm in the comments.
Got a favo(u)rite kids or YA book or series or story you want other people to write for or request? Want to know if you're "the only one" who ever read that one particular book or who loves that certain character?
Some helpful brainstorming links provided byelf and a few added by me.
Newbery Medal list
Links to other Youth Awards from ALA including the Batchelder (translation) and Belpre (Hispanic/Latino). Scroll down for links to the Coretta Scott King (African-American/Black) and Printz (YA) The Notable Books lists linked in the sidebar are also of interest.
Carnegie Medal. Poke around the site for the Greenaway and other awards lists.
Juvenile Series and Sequels
from the MCPL database (looong list.)
Goodreads Top 100 Middle School Must Reads from Goodreads
Obscure:
A List of Series and Sequels for Juvenile Readers. Compiled in 1915. (Edith Nesbit is included. And Lewis Carroll. And Dumas was apparently considered youth reading.)
Mary Crosson's "Plain Jane" Series List. Public domain (pre-20s) children's and teens series available on the web.
We Need Diverse Books - try the resource page for lists and links.
Mirror post on LJ.
June 3rd - Brainstorming Post will open; Any Changes to Eligibilty Rules will be posted (none this year).
June 9th - June 17th - Nominations
June 17th - June 18th - Vetting
June 18th - June 27th - Sign-Ups
June 28th - Assignments Sent Out
August 21st - Deadline for Stories
August 28th - Collection Goes Live
While I was hoping to shift the schedule to Memorial Day (last Monday in May) to Labor Day (first Monday in September), I'm late getting started this year. I've also moved sending out assignments earlier as I can't guarantee I'll have time to deal with issues the last weekend of June.
Go forth and brainstorm in the comments.
Got a favo(u)rite kids or YA book or series or story you want other people to write for or request? Want to know if you're "the only one" who ever read that one particular book or who loves that certain character?
Some helpful brainstorming links provided by
elf and a few added by me. Newbery Medal list
Links to other Youth Awards from ALA including the Batchelder (translation) and Belpre (Hispanic/Latino). Scroll down for links to the Coretta Scott King (African-American/Black) and Printz (YA) The Notable Books lists linked in the sidebar are also of interest.
Carnegie Medal. Poke around the site for the Greenaway and other awards lists.
Juvenile Series and Sequels
from the MCPL database (looong list.)
Goodreads Top 100 Middle School Must Reads from Goodreads
Obscure:
A List of Series and Sequels for Juvenile Readers. Compiled in 1915. (Edith Nesbit is included. And Lewis Carroll. And Dumas was apparently considered youth reading.)
Mary Crosson's "Plain Jane" Series List. Public domain (pre-20s) children's and teens series available on the web.
We Need Diverse Books - try the resource page for lists and links.
Mirror post on LJ.
Actiony Tiny-to-Nonexistent Fandoms
Date: 2017-06-06 12:07 am (UTC)The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart - Four exceptionally clever young people must take on a dangerous mission to stop the evil mastermind Mr. Curtain! I found the characters very relatable and enjoyed the assorted puzzles and word puns.
The 39 Clues series by assorted authors (published by Scholastic): A wide variety of characters must travel around the world to complete a dangerous quest! Much of the cast is very competent in at least one area - teenage music star, super athletic family, several geniuses, and a literal ex-spy - the two main protagonists have no clue what they're doing and what's really going on. There's a lot of action and some cool locations/history. (Just don't look for realism in the science or plot.)
Because of the series' length (the first part is 10 books long plus two tie-ins, and the franchise sprawls from there) and multiple authors, getting your hands on this one can be a bit tricky, and while books 2-5 can be read in any order with minimal confusion, the latter half really needs to be read in order for it to make sense.
The Time Hunters series by Carl Ashmore (not to be confused with the series with the same name by Chris Blake, though that's probably also eligible) - Two siblings and their (great) uncle travel through time! Lots of stuff set in assorted periods (complete with appropriate clothing!) and many extinct animals (and cryptids). I found it funny and engaging, and the assorted members of the household (including the non-human ones) are wonderful.
The H.I.V.E. series by Mark Walden - Students at a school for villains engage in hijinks! It alternately uses, subverts, and plays with all sorts of action tropes. The story itself is fun, but realism is not to be expected. I found the first book a bit of a drag but the others much more engaging.