tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post8074079139734758247..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Inappropriate Content? - Eloise WilliamsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-32763216523674385102017-07-17T16:19:03.377+01:002017-07-17T16:19:03.377+01:00It really is tricky. I'm one of those authors ...It really is tricky. I'm one of those authors who like to think of their readers ... and in fact prefer a younger reader but then I get lured by my characters into darker situations than my original target readership is supposed to be able to endure. We can only do our best.Candy Gourlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-59904798990864634512017-06-26T12:30:26.862+01:002017-06-26T12:30:26.862+01:00Lovely post on a maddening subject. I'm publis...Lovely post on a maddening subject. I'm published in an anthology commissioned as 10+, published as 12+, marketed as "by YA authors" and sold exclusively to adults at the local bookshop when I held a signing event. <br />Like others, I don't remember age recommendations on books when I was growing up, just shelving in the local library. I don't remember my parents even being with me or worrying about my choices, perhaps because they trusted the librarians. Rowena Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11548957772863528477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-39151417865850454942017-06-26T04:55:50.918+01:002017-06-26T04:55:50.918+01:00Thanks, a very enjoyable post! Well, I'm a sch...Thanks, a very enjoyable post! Well, I'm a school librarian and I HATE age recommendations. I remember a wonderful series of high-interest-low-reading-level crime fiction books that made the mistake of labelling them by age suitability. We used to put the library's sticker over that, or older kids who were reluctant readers would never have picked them up. The series died, as I knew it would, and I'm betting it was that age tag.<br /><br />Malorie Blackman's books are read and enjoyed by my students. We have some in my library.<br /><br />I should tell you that "Does My Head Look Big In This?" is NOT intended as an adult book. It was written by Randah Abdel-Fattah when she was about fifteen, though it wasn't published till later. We have a copy in my library.<br /><br />You know, I'm remembering one day when I was in a bookshop and someone asked me where to find the Harry Potter books. "In the children's section," I sggested. He groaned. "Oh, no, don't say that!"<br /><br />Which is why there are two covers, one for children, one for adult.<br /><br />Silly, eh?Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-70311265923456699872017-06-26T03:25:00.752+01:002017-06-26T03:25:00.752+01:00Thank you for a very interesting post. A subject I...Thank you for a very interesting post. A subject I never thought much of. Till now.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.com