Christian Teenz (looking for a beta)

I don't know a lot about Christian literature, being very much a secular person myself, but I guess one bit of advice I'd give is to concentrate on the story and the characters and use the religious themes as the backdrop, not the focus.

/shrug

eustacegirl said:

I am editing a Christian Teen boook that I have written. It is on the topic of bullying and not judging others based on their looks and past. Would any of you like to read it or give me advice? Thanks.

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If you want a beta reader/critique partner, you may want to post in the beta readers forum.

Once you've made at least 50 posts, you can also post a chapter in the Share Your Work section for feedback.

Good luck!

eustacegirl said:

I tried, but it won't let me in. I can't go in chat either for some reason.

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That is because you must make 50 posts first and you only have 10. The forum system does this to make sure you are a real person and not spamming software. So, go visit the newbie forums, say 'hi' to every one, get your post count up, and then try again. You should be fine.

She should still be able to get into the forum and make posts. She just won't be able to create a thread of her own.

Try clearing your cookies, logging off, and logging back on. And make sure you're typing the password in correctly. Let me know if you still can't get in after you've done all that.

Hi there! This sounds really interesting to me, this is exactly my genre! (if indeed it is a genre!) I had a non-fiction Christian book for teenage girls published in 2009 and I'm currently working on a novel which sounds similar to yours. As far as advice, I'd say just keep going with it! Be passionate in your writing so that these important topics don't become dull; if you care about it, then this will show through and your readers will care too. I suppose characterisation is really important; if you have a strong main character with a definitive voice then the literary world is your oyster!
What kind of publishers/agents are you going to approach with this? I'm really interested to know how you get on with it. Good luck!

I don't know much about publishing into Kindle, presumably you go about it in the same way, though, by approaching publishers/agents? I'm not a member of the authonomy website I'm afraid. The book I've published is called Girls for God: Soul Perspectives, published by BRF. I haven't got a title for the one I'm working on at the moment.
I hope your editing goes well!

Sure, I'll have a look at it

Hi there! I realised I said that I would read it and I haven't done so yet! However, I can't find it on this thread! Can you link me to it? I'll have a look as soon as I can