tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257604.post4092906406993596708..comments2010-01-21T07:58:37.215-06:00Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03769085264423503438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257604.post-71260050245707080672010-01-21T07:58:37.215-06:002010-01-21T07:58:37.215-06:00I agree absolutely! I'll admit that I get a bit intimidated by trying to accurately portray the teen world of today, but mostly because of how technology (texting, iPhones, etc.) have changed the nature of how young people interact. But when you put that aside, most YA novels are autobiographical enough as is, so putting the setting back in the 80s or 90s is not "historical fiction," it's lazy and uninspired.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03769085264423503438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11257604.post-91989511408648914912010-01-20T23:41:59.018-06:002010-01-20T23:41:59.018-06:00Big giant WORD on your beef, but I have to add my other beef. It's with authors who are always setting their YA novel in the time when they were probably teenagers, instead of now, especially when nothing about the story demands that it take place in the 80's or the early 90s or whatever. Laaaaazy!Bibliovorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642058689885973447noreply@blogger.com