Agents are pushing literary fiction, especially fiction that would normally
have a male 18-30 audience, into the YA category here. Sex for pay, drugs,
incest, all OK, but, oddly, teen character required.
But in the children's space, I would consider going again. The new wave of
illustrators have put some edgy and sophisticated children's books out
there.
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Good luck, Bob. I think the secret of writing for readers (something
> that I confess I've never thought about for poetry) is to write
> something that you want to read yourself. If it works, it gathers its
> own energy. I've "proved" this theory to my own satisfaction at least
> twice.
>
> Could the thing about being "too advanced" be an American thing? I'm
> thinking of books like Fungus the Bogeyman, say, one of the best
> children's books ever, and of things I've heard about US publishers
> who will tend to censor their editions of children's books for being
> (for example) too rude, even though children _are_ rude and the books
> have done very well here.
>
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All best,
Catherine Daly
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