by Pat Marcello | Nov 29, 2010 | Writing
You might imagine that writing for teenagers is much like writing for adults. In the fiction genre, you’d be right. Teens can handle almost as much as adults, but remember these kids are between about 16 and 21. They have the appropriate vocabulary in most...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 28, 2010 | Writing
Yes, the title is a bit of a joke, though writing a banned book will often take you to the top of the charts at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. 🙂 It seems that this is the age where the banned books occur — for young adult readers. Yep. It’s true. Some...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 26, 2010 | Writing
Most kids love comic books. I remember when I was a little girl, my dad used bring one home to me every day after he was finished working. I’m talking Richie Rich, Archie, Dennis the Menace… pretty much benign fare, and as humor is a MAJOR emphasis in our...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 25, 2010 | Writing
When you think young adult, you’re probably imagining a person over twenty. Yet, when it comes to writing, it means their “reading” age, not their chronological one. A young adult reader is probably in the 6th to 8th grades, or loosely 10 –...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 24, 2010 | Writing
Have you ever taught a child to read? It’s an emotional experience as you watch them struggle and improve over time. But when the light bulb finally goes on and they have things figured out so that they can read a whole book, it’s awesome! You have taught...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 23, 2010 | Writing
Continuing our series on “early readers,” let’s talk about who they are and where they’re coming from a bit more today. These aren’t infants and they’re not toddlers. They’re kids from about age 4 (the precocious) to about 8...
