Young Adult Creative Writing Workshops (YACWW)

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Got Questions?

The SUMMER BLOCK PARTY has begun!

All July we'll be taking your questions here for Sarah, Jenny, Evelyn or Maya, and be entered for a chance to win great prizes!*

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Super HOT prizes. 3 Prizes: 1st prize - Signed copy of Frogs and French Kisses by Sarah Mynowlski, 2nd prize - copy of Shug by Jenny Han; 3rd prize - copy of Lost Calling by Evelyn Vaughn


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posted by YACWW @ 11:11 AM  

8 Comments:

  • At 4:16 PM, Blogger Rhonda Helms said…

    Hi - I have a question. I'm writing a YA as we speak (it's a blast!), and I wondered if you could talk a little about what you did after the story was finished - do you have an agent, or did you submit directly to publishers?

     

  • At 6:28 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I'm also starting to write a YA and am having a really fun time doing so. I'm reading a lot of YA (sometimes challenging, as most of my reading is down on the Metro to and from work, and I sometimes feel silly doing so) to get the teenage voice down.

    Anyway, how do you best prepare for getting into the minds of teens and preteens?

     

  • At 6:29 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Oops...that questions was for Sarah!

     

  • At 8:37 AM, Blogger Rhonda Helms said…

    I also had a question for Maya Rock, which I posted in the wrong thread.

    Maya - what YA paranormals are hot right now, and what's been overdone to death? :D

    Thanks,

    Rhonda

     

  • At 1:57 PM, Blogger Lyric James said…

    Hi Maya. Can you please list the word count difference between middle level and young adult. If an agent says they accept YA, does it mean they accept ML too?

     

  • At 8:59 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I also have a question for Maya. At RWA this weekend, several agents mentioned that they're seeing booksellers starting to cut back on the number of "edgy" YA titles they order and that the market might be wanting sweeter YA's (not quite innocent, but not super edgy either)...at least from the parents. Are you seeing this as well?

    Also, how hot is the YA market right now? What types of themes and genres are you personally looking for? (I've got a YA mystery series)

    Finally, (I know, I'm curious) at a workshop at RWA with Nadia Cornier and SImone Elkeles, they broke YA down into 4 age groups:
    Middle grade (10-13)
    Tweens (12-15)
    YA (14-16)
    Older YA (15-17)

    Do you agree with these breakdowns and what would you say is the word count for each of them? Should we just call it "YA" in a cover letter and a suggested age target?

     

  • At 10:52 AM, Blogger theartgirl said…

    Do you have any good suggestions of a YA novel that switched voice from third to first. My novel starts with an intro in third and then back to the protag in first.


    Colleen Kosinski

     

  • At 7:11 PM, Blogger Lis said…

    Hi, my question is where do you see the YA market headed and what do you think has been overdone to death?

    Thanks!

     

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