New Member (YA fiction writer) saying hello!

iamvaliance · Feb 24, 2015

Hi! This is my first time on a forum, and man could I have used this when I was working on my first novel. I'm a 19-year-old YA fiction writer from Texas!

It's been super difficult for me to find other writers who are close to my age, and my grandmother is the only other writer I really know (and it doesn't really help when we write for completely different audiences). But regardless of age, I'm here with an open mind and hoping to make some friends!

I'm a lover of social media, (mostly twitter) so I'd also love to make some writing friends on there!

LIGHTbeamers · Feb 24, 2015

Wow! 19-years old. You go!!

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thehairymob · Feb 25, 2015

pixydust · Feb 27, 2015

You go girl!!! There's a Teens to who write for teens thread in the YA section:
http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=239832 in case that's your genre

Good luck with the writing!

PorterStarrByrd · Feb 27, 2015

Welcome aboard

cynreeda · Feb 28, 2015

Hi! I'm Cynthia, I'm also new.

Nice to see a young writer. I was actually 19 myself when I published my first novel. It was quite the learning experience. Have you been published?
What genres do you write for YA?

iamvaliance · Feb 28, 2015

cynreeda said:
Hi! I'm Cynthia, I'm also new.

Nice to see a young writer. I was actually 19 myself when I published my first novel. It was quite the learning experience. Have you been published?
What genres do you write for YA?

Hi! Wow, that's so inspiring! I finished writing my first novel last year at 18. I've been querying since December, but I regret most of that since I was completely unprepared. So I'm very unpublished at the moment.

I write contemporary YA fiction. My first novel is very issue-driven, so I kind of place it under family and relationships. I originally liked writing YA paranormal and science fiction, but I love a lot of different genres!

I'd love to hear about what you write!

cynreeda · Mar 1, 2015

iamvaliance said:
Hi! Wow, that's so inspiring! I finished writing my first novel last year at 18. I've been querying since December, but I regret most of that since I was completely unprepared. So I'm very unpublished at the moment.

I write contemporary YA fiction. My first novel is very issue-driven, so I kind of place it under family and relationships. I originally liked writing YA paranormal and science fiction, but I love a lot of different genres!

I'd love to hear about what you write!

Yeah, I was pretty unprepared myself. I ended up publishing through a vanity publisher and didn't realize my mistake until I had my siblings telling me about all the typos that were in the book. But like I said, it was a good learning experience. My advice is to really do your research on whatever publisher you send to and be sure to have a few beta readers.

That's cool that you're into different genres. It takes skill to be able to write different genres.

I was pretty set in fantasy when I first started writing. The book I wrote is labeled YA fantasy. As I've gotten older, I've started reading other genres and started to dabble in writing sci-fi and even literary fiction. When I finish the revamp of my novel (and sequels), I may still label it as YA, but I'm not sure yet. I tend to get a little dark in my writing.

ghagler · Mar 1, 2015

I'm also a young writer (a bit older: just turned 23); yay for youth enthusiasm! I hope to eventually try a YA novel myself, though i'm currently sticking to mystery. Have to get the murder out of my system before writing about love :tongue

I'm looking forward to seeing how your novel develops!

annapalooza · Mar 1, 2015

Welcome! Congrats on getting an early start. I still hadn't figured out that I was going to take writing seriously until a good decade later. Hope you find the forums useful!

New Member (YA fiction writer) saying hello!

iamvaliance

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LIGHTbeamers

regdog

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thehairymob

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pixydust

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PorterStarrByrd

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cynreeda

iamvaliance

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cynreeda

ghagler

annapalooza

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