Comments on: Advice For Young Writers

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:53:04 +0000

Thank you so much for this.
I still do have one question-
Should you mention in a query that you’re young? I’m terrified to mention it because I don’t want to get shot down, but maybe it would be better to get rejected by those that don’t want to work with you early(because surely there will be a few)

By: mckinna~future author

mckinna~future author — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:53:04 +0000

i really needed this. thanks. i love writing. i couldnt live without it. i wanna be a writer and im up for the challenge!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:40:44 +0000

I feel like this about my published novel too (I was eighteen when it came out) – it could have been so much better.

By: girljordyn

girljordyn — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:05:35 +0000

Yay thank you! I’m in my freshman (oops, I mean sophomore…) year of college now and trying to get published. I’m done waiting, realizing actually what I want to do is really get going with my writing, but it’s always good to hear the un-glamorized reality of a writer’s life because it reinforces the feeling that this is what I want. It makes it more real, lets me know what is ahead of me if I continue on this path, and being able to read something like this without thinking, “oh crud, what a nightmare!” is one of the things that assures me I am ready to pursue it.