Anticipating NaNoWriMo
As I gear up for this year's NaNoWriMo, I'm making reading lists. I've never won NaNoWriMo. I always run out of steam. I don't want that to happen anymore!
I've chosen YA urban fantasy as my genre of choice this year. So far I know I want it to be a story about a girl who has to save her sister. I feel that's vague enough that I can express it without worries of anyone stealing my idea. I have established a writing LJ parallel to this one, entitled
, to chronicle my plans for writing. I'm on NaNoWriMo as
KimberlyH, should you care to be buddies.
Here are my reading lists that I'm using as resources:
Bildungsroman:
Fantasy Novels for Kids and TeensBildungsroman:
Monster MashBildungsroman:
Vamping It UpYALSA:
Magic in the Real WorldAnyone have any other list suggestions? I'm looking for lists rather than titles, because it's nice to get lots of info in one place.
This is the website of Kimberly Hirsh. The subtitle of this site comes from the description of woodland goth on the Aesthetics wiki.
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