Teacher and Author
If you write CBA YA fiction or read it (or just want to know more about the market), there was an excellent Publisher’s Weekly article this week on YA in the CBA market, and how it’s growing and changing (http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/451714-Fiction_Publishers_Exploit_Digital_Media_for_New_Growth.php)
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And while we’re discussing CBA YA, I have to put a plug in for a book. [...]
A Couple of Recommendations
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I apologize for the font on this page. I only recently realized it’s gray and a little small. So I’m working on getting it fixed.
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Books first.
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I am reading a ton of YA right now because I’m judging a contest. I can’t say which one, but it’s keeping me busy. So all my [...]
A few contests going on:
Amazon Breakthrough Novel now has a YA category: http://www.amazon.com/Breakthrough-Novel-Award-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=332264011
KidLit blog (sorry, this one ends today, but she often has contests going on): http://kidlit.com/kidlit-contest/
Sourcebooks contest: http://teenfire.ning.com/
And, associated with that is a really cool YA ning community where they talk all YA happenings and they’ll help you with your ms’s: http://yalitchat.ning.com/
Buzz:
" Few people understand Young Adults and Teens the way Sandi Greene does. Her writing style is to-the-point, relevant, and it seeks to establish that relationship through connectivity that the youth of today so desires.