I wrote this novel many years back. It's a mid-grade, I guess, under 40,000 words.
Everyone who read it when I first wrote it loved it. But I had some doubts so I put it away.
I just pulled it out and starting reading it. Strangely, I found myself laughing my head off (ok, enough patting myself on the back, but I amazed myself!)
However, I am not sure if there's a market for it. Where a million catastrophic things usually happen to characters in kiddie books, NOTHING happens to the heroine. It's mainly just her quirky observations on life and how unfair it can be. The major plot is that there's a dance and she can't find a date. Probably pretty boring and overdone by today's standards.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? Are there any major do's and don'ts of writing mid-grades that I should be aware of?
BT
Everyone who read it when I first wrote it loved it. But I had some doubts so I put it away.
I just pulled it out and starting reading it. Strangely, I found myself laughing my head off (ok, enough patting myself on the back, but I amazed myself!)
However, I am not sure if there's a market for it. Where a million catastrophic things usually happen to characters in kiddie books, NOTHING happens to the heroine. It's mainly just her quirky observations on life and how unfair it can be. The major plot is that there's a dance and she can't find a date. Probably pretty boring and overdone by today's standards.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? Are there any major do's and don'ts of writing mid-grades that I should be aware of?
BT