Teen Writers!!! =)

kaitiepaige17 · Apr 17, 2009

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 · Apr 17, 2009

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 · Apr 17, 2009

oh very cool...what agency? publisher?

lm728 · Apr 17, 2009

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

kaitiepaige17 · Apr 17, 2009

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

lm728 · Apr 17, 2009

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

Shady Lane · Apr 17, 2009

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

kaitiepaige17 · Apr 17, 2009

Shady Lane said:
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 · Apr 17, 2009

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

dragonkid · Apr 17, 2009

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 · Apr 18, 2009

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!

Teen Writers!!! =)

kaitiepaige17

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Shady Lane

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kaitiepaige17

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lm728

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kaitiepaige17

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lm728

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Shady Lane

my name is hannah

kaitiepaige17

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Shady Lane

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dragonkid

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Danthia