Writing for teens

slashgirl writes “‘It keeps happening. When I tell people I write teen fiction, they tend to chuckle condescendingly, or perhaps even look a little embarrassed for me. Upon learning I had begun a second teen book, an editor at the newspaper where I work made the “cash moneyâ€? symbol by rubbing his thumb against his index and middle fingers. When I ran into an ex-boyfriend he asked me what “the planâ€? was, meaning, expressly, when would I get around to writing the Great Grown-Up Novel?’

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