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Hi,

I'd like to get in touch with children's/YA authors on their publication experiences and exchange ideas on writing and the publishing world. I have an agent and finished a first book in a trilogy. If you've gone to this process, any advise/feedback would be appreciated.

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Hi there, Ton, and welcome to the Cooler. I'm not a writer of YA or children's, but my genre is historical fiction. However, when I still had my publishing business, I did publish a great children's book that sold really well.


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Hi there, Ton, and welcome to the Cooler. I'm not a writer of YA or children's, but my genre is historical fiction. However, when I still had my publishing business, I did publish a great children's book that sold really well.


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Thanks Nickie, what was the book?
My daughter loves historical fiction but I focus on fantasy.

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Welcome! :hooray:

I'm a YA writer as well and though I'm not yet published, I did receive a nice amount of rejection letters back when I tried it at thirteen. :tongue
 

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Hi Ton
I've been a bit quiet on here recently but I'm an unpublished kids/YA writer.
Congratulations on your success and good luck with it all.
What kind of stuff do you write?
 

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Hi Ton
I've been a bit quiet on here recently but I'm an unpublished kids/YA writer.
Congratulations on your success and good luck with it all.
What kind of stuff do you write?

Hi, I write fantasy for kids from 11 - 15. For fun, in the day I wear another hat, so I don't have that much time to write. From the other posts, it seems many are in the same boat :)

What kind of stories do you write?

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Hi, I write fantasy for kids from 11 - 15. For fun, in the day I wear another hat, so I don't have that much time to write. From the other posts, it seems many are in the same boat :)

What kind of stories do you write?

Ton.

Hi Sassy B, I guess I should have written fiction, not fantasy. Fiction (adventure stories) in my case :) Perhaps some day I'll try non fiction, but for the time being fiction seems fun. I'm a story teller turned writer really.

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Hi,

well you started early enough :)

Best of luck!

Ton


Thanks! I've started another novel and since I believe I'm now old enough to actually do something with it, I'm attempting to get it published soon. Or at least, I'm going to pray for publication and just send it out to agents... :p
 

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Hi Sassy B, I guess I should have written fiction, not fantasy. Fiction (adventure stories) in my case :) Perhaps some day I'll try non fiction, but for the time being fiction seems fun. I'm a story teller turned writer really.

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Hi Ton,
Fantasy / adventure fiction sounds right up my street.
Can I also ask who you're being published with and when?
I know I'm nosey but it's all research about debut authors for my blog. :)
 

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Hi Ton,
Fantasy / adventure fiction sounds right up my street.
Can I also ask who you're being published with and when?
I know I'm nosey but it's all research about debut authors for my blog. :)

Hi, I didn't publish a work of fiction yet. I have an agent who took me on recently and I'll have to wait and see where it leads.
 

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Hi, I didn't publish a work of fiction yet. I have an agent who took me on recently and I'll have to wait and see where it leads.


Good luck with it and let me know when anything happens because I interview debut authors/authors for my blog. :)
 

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Good luck with it and let me know when anything happens because I interview debut authors/authors for my blog. :)

Will do, I just checked out your blog. Liked the interview with Janice Hardy.
Also checked out her feedback earlier on publishing on AW, all very helpful.

Ton.