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September 16, 2014

hi I'm elven and I'm writing a book series called Ray Of Light the first book is called Council Of Seven Crystals, i need some advice because I'm scared i wont be able to publish it because of my age I've written a few chapters and I really like it, sorry

Hi!


You can publish no matter how old or young you are. With your age, you’d have to have parental permission to publish (as you would need for any legal contract until you’re an adult), but it’s certainly possible.


But! I want to make sure you know that publishing now…it’s just not that important. I was writing when I was your age as well, and I dreamed of publication, too. But now I am so, so, SO glad that I waited to seek publication. Right now, your job is to grow. Grow as a person, grow as...

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hi I'm elven and I'm writing a book series called Ray Of Light the first book is called Council Of Seven Crystals, i need some advice because I'm scared i wont be able to publish it because of my age I've written a few chapters and I really like it, sorry

Hi!


You can publish no matter how old or young you are. With your age, you’d have to have parental permission to publish (as you would need for any legal contract until you’re an adult), but it’s certainly possible.


But! I want to make sure you know that publishing now…it’s just not that important. I was writing when I was your age as well, and I dreamed of publication, too. But now I am so, so, SO glad that I waited to seek publication. Right now, your job is to grow. Grow as a person, grow as...

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Published on September 16, 2014 10:45

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YA Writing Tip #134: scare them all, everyone



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YA Writing Tip #134: scare them all, everyone


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"Suddenly her mom’s silence matched Jackie’s own. “Oh, my God,” she murmured in disbelief. “Are you..."

Suddenly her mom’s silence matched Jackie’s own. “Oh, my God,” she murmured in disbelief. “Are you gay?”



"Yeah," Jackie forced herself to say.



After what felt like an eternity, her mom finally responded. “I don’t know what we could have done for God to have given us a fag as a child,” she said before hanging up.



[…]



She got a call from her older brother. “He said, ‘Mom and Dad don’t want to talk to you, but I’m supposed to tell you what’s going to happen,’” Jackie recalls. “And he’s like, ‘All...

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September 15, 2014

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les-fandoms:

“And there it is, against all hope, like the sun...



les-fandoms:



“And there it is, against all hope, like the sun peeking out from behind the clouds. The smallest hint of a smile.”


These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner



Ooh, beautiful people.

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inertialicious:

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huffingtonpost:



People have offered manypotential explanations for this discrepancy, but this ad highlights the importance of the social cues that push girls away from math and science in their earliest childhood years.


Watch the powerful Verizon advertisement to really understand what a little girl hears when you tell her she’s pretty.



This is so important. Girls pay attention. Boys, if you are a brother, father, cousin of a girl, pay atten...

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September 14, 2014

List of things that annoy me to an absurdly disproportionate degree:
Whenever people write...

List of things that annoy me to an absurdly disproportionate degree:


Whenever people write “defiantly” when they mean “definitely”
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Published on September 14, 2014 10:59

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allofthesebrokenstars:

Me reading ‘These Broken...





allofthesebrokenstars:



Me reading ‘These Broken Stars’



ExcellentFrozenusage. Excellent.

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