Hi y'all.
I just got ANOTHER rejection (this time from a publisher) specifically saying they didn't want my novel because college isn't an acceptable setting for YA.
Let me also say that it takes place during my MC's freshman year, and begins her senior year of high school.
The voice (to me, and most others) is definitely YA; but why the hell does everyone seem to have this huge problem with anything past the age of 18 for a YA MC?
Starting to think I should just query as contemporary fiction and call it a day. . . .
I just got ANOTHER rejection (this time from a publisher) specifically saying they didn't want my novel because college isn't an acceptable setting for YA.
Let me also say that it takes place during my MC's freshman year, and begins her senior year of high school.
The voice (to me, and most others) is definitely YA; but why the hell does everyone seem to have this huge problem with anything past the age of 18 for a YA MC?
Starting to think I should just query as contemporary fiction and call it a day. . . .