Comments on: Quiver samples … https://www.jenniferestep.com/quiver-samples/ New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:26:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/quiver-samples/#comment-13730 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:26:57 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=668#comment-13730 Rae Ann — Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate them. Right now, though, I think it’s pretty craptastic overall. I’m just forcing myself to finish the rough draft so I at least have something to work with later on.

Ella Enchanted is one of my favorite fairy tale stories. I didn’t know she had written a Snow White tale too. I’ll have to check that one out. I also love Beauty by Robin McKinley.

]]> By: Rae Ann Parker https://www.jenniferestep.com/quiver-samples/#comment-13728 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:42:41 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=668#comment-13728 Thanks to Jody for directing me over here. Jennifer, I like the old version, but I LOVE the new version. It really sucks you into the story and I want to know more! Your opening reminds me of the way Gail Carson Levine starts her fairy tales, Ella Enchanted (the Cinderella retelling) and Fairest (the Snow White retelling). Definitely keep going!

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/quiver-samples/#comment-13724 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:46:33 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=668#comment-13724 Keri — That seems to be the way everyone is leaning so far.

Jody — I suppose I wanted to let the reader now it was a Robin Hood-type story right off the bat.

Yeah, this is my first crack at YA, and I’m a little unsure about things like the language and violence level. After I finish my rough draft, I’m going on a YA reading spree.

Anyway, guys, thanks for dropping by and commenting. It’s still a craptastic work in progress! :bubbles:

]]> By: Jody W. https://www.jenniferestep.com/quiver-samples/#comment-13723 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:48:07 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=668#comment-13723 I like the old version. While it does conform to the medias-res “rule” that’s currently so popular in genre fiction, it does come across as nicely immediate, showing us a lot of personality instead of foreshadowing. The language could easily be YA or adult but I’m no expert on YA. I’ll direct my YA-loving friend over here to give an opinion!

]]> By: Keri https://www.jenniferestep.com/quiver-samples/#comment-13706 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:58:46 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=668#comment-13706 Hmmm – I think I’m with Weasley. I like the old version better.

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