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« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2012, 01:51:42 PM »
Portal novels. So that's what they're called.

Jan, have you heard any word about them being more widely accepted/tolerated now?

I'm bummed. My MG action-adventure is a portal novel.
How can portals not be considered one of the coolest things EVER?  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2012, 04:31:31 PM »
I haven't heard any anti-portal talk lately, but I don't know that I've seen many recent portal novels either. So...I dunno. There are actually so very many things I do not know.
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« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2012, 06:48:19 PM »
I'm reading the 100 CUPBOARDS trilogy, by N.D. Wilson (recommended by Cat). They are portal books, published by Random House... starting in 2007, though, I see, so maybe they got picked up before the glut of portal books. Or maybe they're just different enough, and good enough--like yours will be, Shauna!  Kiss
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« Reply #18 on: October 05, 2012, 06:52:30 PM »
Quote from: jfields on October 05, 2012, 04:31:31 PM
There are actually so very many things I do not know.

Perhaps.
But your lack of knowledge pales in comparison to my Abyss of Inexperience.


Thanks, Jan.
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« Reply #19 on: October 05, 2012, 06:54:43 PM »
Quote from: ColoradoKate on October 05, 2012, 06:48:19 PM
I'm reading the 100 CUPBOARDS trilogy, by N.D. Wilson (recommended by Cat). They are portal books, published by Random House... starting in 2007, though, I see, so maybe they got picked up before the glut of portal books. Or maybe they're just different enough, and good enough--like yours will be, Shauna!  Kiss

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I'm still going to write it. I'm having too much fun with it.  Grin Cheesy
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« Reply #20 on: October 06, 2012, 10:00:57 AM »
Actually I thought of one ELSEWHERE that was a portal novel where kids enter through a painting. And I just read one (from my ARC pile) where kids enter through little doors (the little doors under the eaves of a house)...but I can't remember the name of that last one. I really didn't care for the last one, the alternate world was a little too weird which is probably why I'm blocking on the name. Anyway...clearly they are being bought...not in mass quantities but still.
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« Reply #21 on: October 06, 2012, 01:51:25 PM »
I feel like a worn out pirate...there's buried treasure all over this site.
Jan, your original post from May was overlooked by me, and it is so rich a stash.
I love the hops, and will always think of plot in hops now.
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« Reply #22 on: October 08, 2012, 06:22:00 PM »
Jan, is your portal novel entitled "Wellspring of Magic"? Cause I've read that one and thought it was good. Smiley
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« Reply #23 on: October 08, 2012, 06:28:19 PM »
Quote from: jfields on October 06, 2012, 10:00:57 AM
Actually I thought of one ELSEWHERE that was a portal novel where kids enter through a painting. And I just read one (from my ARC pile) where kids enter through little doors (the little doors under the eaves of a house)...but I can't remember the name of that last one. I really didn't care for the last one, the alternate world was a little too weird which is probably why I'm blocking on the name. Anyway...clearly they are being bought...not in mass quantities but still.

Well now, there's a gleam of hope.  Grin
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« Reply #24 on: October 08, 2012, 09:56:51 PM »
Quote from: Erin Kay on October 08, 2012, 06:22:00 PM
Jan, is your portal novel entitled "Wellspring of Magic"? Cause I've read that one and thought it was good. Smiley
I'm so glad you liked it. Yes, that was the one.
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