Topic of the Week - A Day in the Life

[jer_bear711]

I decided to post the Topic of the Week today instead of yesterday, so as to give yesterday's flood of news items some breathing room. There's still a lot of week left, after all. *gazes longingly at time horizon, searching for Friday*

dawn_metcalf sent us this Topic:

Since YA books focus on the lives of teenagers, how do we tackle the issue of "school life"

Comments

[celestialgldfsh]

In my current work-in-progress, my entire novel focuses on this issue: my heroine Celeste was born with a powerful healing touch, and one day, at age 30, awakens and her power is gone. Her healing ability overwhelmed her senses from the time she was three days old, preventing any casual human contact and defined every shred of her existence. Now, not only does she have to deal with that how-do-I-pay-the-mortgage question and unemployment, but she has to cope with ostracism from her super-powered peers, deaths she cannot prevent, and discover the power of normal human touch.

So yes, her livelihood suffers, but it also allows her to experience what it mean to be truly human and "normal" - and NORMAL is the name of the novel. (One chapter to go!)

[jeanne_stein]

I love this idea-- instead of a character coming into her power, a character loses it instead. It's a fresh take and I look forward to reading your book.

Jeanne

[jer_bear711]

Wow, that's a great twist! I love urban fantasy that sheds light on what it means to be human.

[vivaciousvivi]

I love this too. Great twist. And I can just imagine the pain and anguish she will go through because of this turn of events. Well played!!

[jessaslade]

Oh very cool! The aftermath of power gone is fascinating. My sweetie was reading about American presidents after they left office and how they adjust (or don't). Very interesting stuff.