Yes, I’m working on a middle-grade mystery/action novel. I finished the rough draft and am now working on revising. I love getting new ideas, it’s so exciting to me!

I’ve never been great with themes either, but I’ve done research by reading fables and fairy tales, as well as other books, and deciphering their themes. I think you have…[Read more]

Hi! I’m Lydia, I’m currently seventeen. Do you have a current project? At the moment, I’m torn between a couple things; a sci-fi and a fantasy, both somewhere in the YA/children’s area. What’s your favorite part about writing? For me, I really love my characters. It’s so much fun playing around with them, watching how they interact, and…[Read more]

Would anyone like to start a critique group?

I’m attempting to write a story about cats dealing with emotional problems.

Why cats? Because people are HARD to write especially when you have never written anything and are only really comfortable with writing cats.

I don’t really know if writing is a long term career or my higher calling. I…[Read more]

Hi Kendra! I’m Rose, pleased to meet you!

What’s the premise of your novel? I’d like to know more about it!

Honestly, I’ve asked myself the same question about books I used to love. Some of the characters feel so flat, like cardboard cutouts. I don’t think you’re over-dissecting the story, you’re probably just suffering from the same thing as me, called “growing up.”😁

As for avoiding it in your writing…Abbie Emmons (she’s on YouTube)…[Read more]

In general, it sounds to me like you…[Read more]

Sorry if this seems like an unnecessary question… It’s just been bothering me a lot recently.

Okay, my goal is to keep this short and sweet. Idk if anyone here has read The Penderwicks or the rest of the series but they’re really good. Especially for kids…

So maybe it’s just that I’ve…[Read more]

No problem.  And good luck!  🙂

Thanks for the tip! I probably won’t contact them, but thanks for letting me know!
Nelson is really good at writing. However, I don’t like all of her books, and I don’t think any of them gripped me like The False Prince did. A Night Divided was pretty good though. I was reading another about a girl who was smuggling books, or she…[Read more]

I heard getting an agent is hard; did you have to do a lot of research beforehand to find the reputable companies?  Or did you start with a type of book market guide?

I thi…[Read more]

Hi!

I haven’t really been selling too many copies, but I think it’s going pretty well. My library ordered six copies so that’s exciting! I started the sequel, but (one death later) I didn’t know exactly where I was heading with it and got side-tracked with other projects. I’m in the middle of waiting to hear back from queries…[Read more]

Hey there!  I’m sooo sorry I missed your question!  Normally, I get an update from my email when someone replies; so either I forgot to turn on that feature, or the reply became lost somewhere where I can’t find it.  Either way, I haven’t visited S.E until more recently.  And in my S.E updates, it mentioned your reply *slams palm ont…[Read more]

I have a lot of favorite books! To name a few, I like The Lord of the Rings, The Losers Club (written by Andrew Clements), and the Mysterious Benedict Society series. What about you?

Hey nice to meet you!  No, I haven’t published a book yet.  Though I am very interested in self-publishing.

Yikes, I hope the problem will work itself out.  I’m in the middle of taking a look at your first chapter, and I love the hook.  It’s strong and compelling.

I love reading MG too!  I grew up with a lot of MG/Children’s book…[Read more]

Hi!

Thank you for taking a look at my book! I’m currently in the process of making it a paperback (by the way, it’s soo frustrating! I just spend 28 minutes talking to Kindle Direct Publishing trying to troubleshoot a problem).

Have you published a book?

I like to write middle grade fiction because I read it a lot! I also like…[Read more]

Hi, I’m Lily and I love writing MG too!  That is so wonderful that your favorite author got to read a part of your work.  I’m so sorry he passed away.

I know this reply came a bit late, but I’m definitely curious about your book (and checking it out right after this; thanks for the link).  I wish you all the best as you write for ch…[Read more]

I found out recently that An…[Read more]

You’re welcome 🙂

Lol…it can be annoying sometimes but also nice having straight hair (even if it likes to do things its own way 😉 )

Thanks for the link!

That’s cool that you homeschool too.  And I have used hairspray to keep my hair in curls too XD (unfortunately, my hair has a mind of it’s own 😉 )

Just wanted to let you both know that YWWs is hosting their second Crazy Writing Week event. It’s free and allows you to experience what YWW is like (well, at least experience a lot of it 😉 ). I so enjoyed it last time. Here is the link to it just if you’re interested – https://crazywritingweek.com/.

If you do happen…[Read more]

My family homeschools; how about you?

And yes, if I do get onto YWW, I will look for you 😉

Cool, your sister did a great job! (My hair is too straight to do much with XD)

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arindown wrote: I’m almost done with 10k words for July.

Congratulations!  That’s a lot!

No problem, I’m glad it was helpful.  I’ll def…[Read more]