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Permalink Reply by Melanie Conklin on February 7, 2012 at 8:13am

Hi ladies,

I'm Melanie, and I live in NJ just outside of NYC.  I'm a product designer who has created hundreds of successful products for the youth market...but then i found myself thinking about a character, and then thinking I knew how I'd start that book if I was writing it....and now I've gone and done it!

I'm new to writing, I'm looking for connections in the writing world, and I'm really enjoying reading and learning from everyone's blogs and posts.  Looking forward to great discussions here!

My novel is called KATIE CRANFORD, FRESHMAN, and I am currently revising and getting ready to query, query, query :)

Slogging down the halls of high school is miserable enough as a lowly freshman, but try acting cool with crazy visions flashing before your eyes! When Katie Cranford falls into a string of psychic misadventures, she discovers that having the sight is no magic bullet to escape the hazards of freshman year.

Between her mother’s cringe-worthy comments and her best friend’s moods, Katie’s already in the weeds before the bell rings on the first day of school.  Beneath Chester High’s fluorescent lights she feels about as special as a potato.  When a bewildering vision lands Katie in the principal’s office, she has only her neighbor Brian to confide in as she scrambles for answers about her strange new talents.  But the more she practices using the sight the more her life unravels, shattering friendships and drawing the ire of her nemesis Hilary Russell.  Caught in a web of Hilary’s lies, Katie finds herself suspended and missing her first real date.  With nothing left to lose, Katie resolves to unleash the sight and fight back with every fiber in her freakish being.  After all, what good is being a psychic if you can't suck it up and face the future?

KATIE CRANFORD, FRESHMAN is complete at around 52,000 words.  This is my first novel. 

Permalink Reply by Candy Fite on February 10, 2012 at 8:33am

Hi, Melanie and welcome! You're YA novel sounds intriguing! I also belong to a query critique group here at She Writes if you want to join. Query Critique 2.0 (I think that's the title of the group). We used to be an open group, but found our posted queries would pop up in Googles searches! Yikes! So Sarah, the group facilitator, closed the group and it's open by invitation. You could search the group and contact Sarah P. We help writers with their queries, offer suggestions. Let me know if you have a difficult time finding the group.

There's one just called Query Critique, but that one's not active any longer.

Feel free to start up a discussion here at WFYA. We could use some more active chats. :))

Permalink Reply by Carrie A Golden on February 20, 2012 at 8:31am

Hello everyone!  :)  I'm a cross-genre writer who writes for both adults and young adults. I'm currently working on a web serial for young adults (Fantasy/Horror) called The Underverse.  I have a few YA short stories and poem published so far.  I also post to my two writing blogs on a regular basis: A Writer and Her Adolescent Muse and The Adolescent Muse: artistic crossroads. 

Permalink Reply by Miranda Dunn on April 20, 2012 at 12:30am

Hi I'm Miranda Dunn and I'm from Perth, Western Australia. I work as the Head of Inventory for a telecommunications company and, although I love my job most of the time, it can be stressful.  To relax I love nothing better than to escape into the fictional world and read almost anything but corset tearers and bone chilling horrors (I have an overactive imaginiation and nightmares are not my thing :))

I am taking my first steps into writing a novel and have chosen a YA audience because I believe that YA books have the power to inspire and change the world.  Young minds are open and still believe that the world can be changed.  I want to write books which are both exilarating to read but also open the mind to think about deeper issues. A way to teach without the student being conscious of learning.  Books that can be enjoyed by both teenagers and their older counterparts.

I, myself, still have a lot to learn ... especially when it comes to writing.  I am hoping I can find people to help me and learn with me on SheWrites.

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by Emily Ann Selden on April 28, 2012 at 9:46am

Hello everyone, great to find this group! :) I am working on a YA novel (my muse actually hit me with four and the one I'm working on is actually turning into a trilogy) Currently in the middle of another quarter towards my MA in English. You can see more about me at my blog: http://www.firedaisy.blogspot.com

Permalink Reply by Miranda Dunn on April 29, 2012 at 11:05pm

Hi Emily,

Welcome :) Read the snipped you posted on your blog and I am intrigued :) will you be posting more as you go along? How far into the first book are you?

Miranda

 

Permalink Reply by Cynthia Bermudez on May 9, 2012 at 1:45pm

Hi, my name is Cynthia. I'm new to She Writes. I'm an aspiring write of speculative and youth fiction. I

Permalink Reply by Bill Joyce on May 14, 2012 at 8:58am

Thank you for the invitation.  I am Bill Joyce - yes ladies the token male you allowed in by the wonderful good graces of your heart.  I vow to pick up after myself to the best of my ability....

I write because it hurts not to. There is something in the written word that draws me into worlds of wonder.

I have a few tomes on spirituality - experiences shared that have touched other lives in wonderful ways.  While considered published I see these more as gifts to be spread far and wide in hopes others my find the love I have been given from above.

I also fell into the mystical world of high fantasy through no fault of my own - my daughter did it!

Coming to me crying with skinned knee and unicorn clutched in her arm I had no choice.  If she let me fix her knee I would write a story about a Unicorn.  And so the disease began, tearing deep emotions from my heart and spreading them liberally across the pages of new worlds and epic adventures.

Permalink Reply by Catrina Barton on May 30, 2012 at 1:36pm

Hello, I'm working on my first YA novel. I've already gotten some awesome advice from a fellow YA writer {Angela Ackerman} and I look forward to learning from all of you {and helping where I can}. :)

I started out writing fanfiction in June of 2006. {Don't groan or laugh! It's a great way to learn most of the rules and start to hone the craft.} In 2008 I tried my hand at creating an original novel. At the end of June I plan to launch the preview to my first YA novel Dangerous Temptation. :)

When I'm not working on my manuscripts I can be found on my blog: http://kittyb78.wordpress.com or where everything started for me: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1292023/Tempest78

Permalink Reply by Autumn on May 30, 2012 at 5:27pm

Welcome to the board, Catrina. :)

I saw your post for CampWriMo - will you be working on another YA novel there or something completely different?

Congrats on (soon) launching the preview to your novel!! :D

Permalink Reply by Catrina Barton on May 30, 2012 at 6:44pm

Thanks. Actually I'm using Camp Nano to help keep me motivated to finish that novel. first 5 chapters are the preview. Chapters 6 on need to be written. I have notes made for the second and third novel of the series as well. And another  novel I've revamped 4 times.

Permalink Reply by Catrina Barton on May 30, 2012 at 1:59pm

Correction. I started writing fanfic June 2007

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