Some of you may have seen that I joined the Elevensies (http://community.livejournal.com/2011debuts). The 11sies is an online community of YA and MG novelists whose first novels debut in 2011. Here’s the bio/interview I did: http://community.livejournal.com/2011debuts/46876.html .
I also joined the Class of 2K11; in fact, I’m now one of the secretaries. (We decided to divvy up duties between 3 heads—thus our new nickname: Cerberus.) This is a collective marketing effort by YA/MG debut authors with books coming out next year. (Most of the 2K11’ers are also members of the Elevensies.)
Ours isn’t the first YA/MG collective. The Class of 2K idea started in 2007. I remember reading about it in the 2008 Children’s Writers and Illustrator’s Market and thinking (a) what a brilliant idea and (b) if I ever got a book deal for a YA novel, I’d join in a heartbeat. Well, I did and I did. (I couldn’t find the CWIM article, but here’s a very similar one in Publishers Weekly: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/408717-Power_in_Numbers.php.)
The Class of 2K11 is just getting down to business, so we don’t have a web site or blog yet. You can check out the previous years’ sites below:
- http://www.classof2k10.com/
- http://www.classof2k9.com/
- http://www.classof2k8.com/
- http://www.classof2k7.com/
If anyone is interested in joining 2K11, check out this post on The Elevensies’ site: http://community.livejournal.com/2011debuts/53300.html.
