Fiction

Before you get in touch with any publisher, do your market research and find out which firms bring out the kind of book you have written. Public...

Some writers swear by endless author visits and events as the best way of getting noticed. Bookshops, libraries, universities, literary lunches,...

How much do you think about the demands of the YA market while you’re writing?

Bridget Collins: Well, while I’m actually writing, not...

What sets YA fiction apart?

Bridget Collins: What I love about it is the intensity, and the freedom – because it’s in the middle of...

What is YA fiction?

Julia Green: It’s a publishing category, really, rather than a genre with particular characteristics, although...

Some brilliant people can write good stories and draw wonderful pictures. Lucky them. Mostly, a relationship has to be struck up between a writer...