Tag: YA lit

Shameless Plugs

ByRachel June 30, 2009 4 Comments
For anyone interested in my current projects, here's a post completely dedicated to shameless plugging of my own work. Yay! Flynn--A 16-year-old orphan is asked to take her parents' place and lead the kingdom against a vicious race of Warlocks, but she doubts her abilities and fears that Prince Aramor may just be using her to save his own skin. (YA epic fantasy, ages 13-18, about 430...

Epic Fantasy Outdated?

ByRachel June 26, 2009 8 Comments
I recently stumbled across a web site which dismissed the epic fantasy genre as outdated in the young adult literary world. My first instinct? Roll my eyes and dismiss the site without a second thought—this being a common reaction among epic fantasy lovers when someone scorns our beloved genre. But then I realized all this eye-rolling, dismissing, and grouchy withdrawal only adds to the...

Greetings

ByRachel June 18, 2009 1 Comment
Welcome to the Rachel Heston Davis blog, home of all my musings on writing and life (life being the experiences of a 25-year-old woman still finding her way in the world). Allow me a quick introduction. I reside in southern Illinois, which is, for my money, the best place on earth to live (but I'm a little biased--I grew up here). I have one awesome husband, two loving families, many...