Now that I have finally done so [ (-_-,) ]…I’m really enjoying it. Loved “Lost” <3

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Appears to work. Maybe it’s the space in the filename?

But there are lots of different ways to write novels, and it may take longer for some people than others to figure out the method that works–or to decide whether they want to stick with short stories, or move to a different medium. I know for a fact that none of us wants to stop writing. ;)

I’m not trying to be condescending or mean, here. I’m just saying that you might be making unfounded assumptions about the creative life.

About the only thing we can compare it to are movie rental cards, which allow you to choose the rating up to which various card bearers can borrow. :/ My brother and I had the restricted ones for a while.

I guess the internet has made that obsolete, though. Netflix all the way.

Thanks for the comment! ~S

I read the Rosemary Rogers novels in junior high; after the third or fourth, my mother said, “If you’re going to read historical romance, read GOOD historical romance” and plopped a copy of Gone With the Wind in my lap. I think, on the whole, quite a good strategy.

How curious that the adults who complain the loudest about the media corrupting the youth are the often the same ones who expect the media to do their child-rearing for them.

Thanks for listening and commenting!

I feel my book was YA, but others tell me it reads more Middle Grade. I look at YA books like The Princess Bride and think… wait… where does THIS fall into the argument? This was YA when I was young. So were a lot of Heinlein novels. Those led me a whole variety of books and I don’t recall my father or mother ever being concerned with what I was reading, just that I enjoyed reading. I was reading Piers Anthony and John Norman at 14 and 15. I didn’t find myself scarred for life, just that curiosity was satisfied.

For me personally I have read nearly every book prior to my daughter reading them, but I wanted to consume a large number of books for her age group because that’s the age group I wanted to write for. Regardless, I still think I would pre-read books for my daughter just to steer her clear of books that are just plain bad in regards to the writing, not bad in terms of material. :)

Keep up the great podcast!