Comments on: Does Age Matter for Writers?

By: Kira Budge

Kira Budge — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:41:36 +0000

Oh my gosh, I can’t even tell you my experience with this. I started sending out to publishers and agents when I was 12 (I’m almost 19 now, still no success). I got so many borderline-rude replies mentioning that I was too young to be submitting and that they “don’t publish young writers because they will be ashamed of their work in the future.” It made me so angry. I’m glad to be out of the underage zone now.

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By: A C Flory

A C Flory — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:31:28 +0000

In reply to P. J. Casselman.

As another oldie – also from Australia – that list of success stories was very heartening! Becoming a published author is hard enough without being disadvantaged by age and geography as well.

May the god of Muses smile on us all.

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By: Tom Honea

Tom Honea — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:47:02 +0000

i answered this question on another post a week or so ago:
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i started writing at 60, am 70 now. my imagination is as good now as ever, my life experience is certainly more advanced now than ever.
Barrah Hannah and i were college classmates at age twenty. he was was writing then. the thing i am keenly aware of is that there is no way to recapture those 40 years when he was writing, getting better, gaining exposure. … while i was doing other things.

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:03:21 +0000

I am on the younger end of the spectrum. The one issue I have is that I am attempting to write adult fiction and most agents/publishing houses etc. want to know the author’s prior writing experiences. What would you suggest for someone who is an avid writer but hasn’t lived long enough to have the experience of others? It sounds kinda iffy when you have a sparce bio.

By: Joe Pote

Joe Pote — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:48:03 +0000

In reply to Claude Nougat.

Actuslly, Rachelle had a very good post a few weeks ago on the topic of whether self-pub’ing will hurt your chances of a future contract.

You can see it here: http://rachellegardner.com/2011/08/will-self-pub-sales-affect-your-future/

By: Lenore Buth

Lenore Buth — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:32:17 +0000

Great post, Rachelle. Thanks for the morning dose of encouragement. Plunked down amid the endless warnings of change and uncertainty in the publishing world, this post is a keeper.

What fun to read the comments, too.

By: Sra

Sra — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:48:51 +0000

In reply to Lynette Sowell. I think the same holds true for an adult writing kids in books. It's too easy to make them not really kids. Either that or they try too hard and dumb it down too much.

By: Sra

Sra — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:45:27 +0000

In reply to Sarah M.. Eon and Eona (by Allison Goodman) are like that.The series is very much fantasy, but based on chinese culture. They're doing extremely well. So I think there's plenty of chance for other not-medieval-england stories too.

By: Joe Pote

Joe Pote — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:27:26 +0000

In reply to P. J. Casselman.

They sound fascinating!

They also sound distinctly Judeau-Christian.

My advice would be to take the time to clearly think thru your specific target audience, then construct both the books and the marketing stategy accordingly.

Based on what you’ve told me here, they sound to me like the primary target audience would be Christian…which makes them Christian Fiction.

I think defining your target audience is always essential. However, I think it is even more essential when writing from a Christian perspective.

I explain why in my latest post on my blog. You should be able to link to it by clicking on my name in the corner of this comment.

Good luck!

By: P. J. Casselman

P. J. Casselman — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:33:58 +0000

In reply to Joe Pote. Thanks for the article, Joe. It was enlightening. My novels are not Christian Fiction, however. From Chicago with Hope is a modernization of the book of Ruth. I kept it very Jewish on purpose because the Biblical Book is Jewish. Ruth has to learn about modern Jewish observances of festivals found in the Torah. Angel Blood is about Nephalim who have been deceived into thinking they are aliens. It is a fantasy book that retwists the King Arthur background around the idea that magical folklore was cause by angels. Yes these are religious ideas, but not Christian fiction. On the other hand, perhaps I'm too much of a believer to not infuse everything I write with faith. LOL