Teen Writers!!! =)

[kaitiepaige17]

Heya guys. I'm a 17 year old senior in high school and I finished my second YA novel a couple of months ago (58,000 wds) and I received an email from the Sarah Jane Freymann LA asking for first 60 pgs and synopsis, which i sent yesterday, priority mail. QUESTION for fellow teen authors: how likely is it--speaking of my age--that I get this published?? I wanna hear from teens who have gotten novels published or who have heard from some! =) thanks!!:)

[Shady Lane]

you'll probably have more luck on the teens writing for teens thread, but, 'ello. i turned eighteen last weekend. my first novel comes out this summer.

[kaitiepaige17]

oh very cool...what agency? publisher?

[tilt190]

You should join the teens writing for teens thread.
That's where *almost* all the teen writers hang out.

[kaitiepaige17]

okay.. i have no idea how to do that but i'll try lol =p

[tilt190]

it's on the YA subforums. I'm a t.w.f.t., as stated in the link in my signature.

[Shady Lane]

jenoyne adams at bliss literary. and simon pulse--the teen division of simon and schuster.

[kaitiepaige17]

jenoyne adams at bliss literary. and simon pulse--the teen division of simon and schuster.


Okay... so..considering you were underage when you got published, were there any setbacks to that? like legal stuff??

[Shady Lane]

my parents had to cosign contracts, but that was really it.

[dragonkid]

You can find the teens writing for teens thread here: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128770&page=717.

Leave a post introducing yourself – your age and what genre you write are traditional first questions. We are very friendly! :)

Oh – and I’m not published, but I have an agent and my mom had to cosign the agency agreement.

[Danthia]

I'm not a teen, but you're chances are the same as any other book. Age has nothing to do with it. As Shady mentioned, it's only an issue for the legal stuff. If the book is great, your chances are high. If not, they're low.

Best of luck!