Tina
Tina asked Jack Gantos:

When you wrote your first novel, how long did it take for someone to take notice and want to publish your work? What words of wisdom would you give to aspiring writers in the age of electronic media?

Jack Gantos I know so little about the age of electronic media--and it can put you in contact with more information--but that doesn't necessarily result in being a good writer. I still write all my books with a fountain pen in journals and then I have a laptop where I type up my days work and add it to the other days work and so on. Then I print that out and mark it up and add the changes in and so forth. It takes me about a year for a good novel and I'd say a solid 100 drafts. My first 12 picture books were not published, and I have a half dozen dud novels that will never be published. Words of wisdom: Read a lot. Set up good writing habits. Keep a journal. Work like you mean it. Good luck. You can do it. J
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