Confessions of a YA horror writer
Today I'm delighted to welcome author Ace Antonio Hall to my blog, whose YA horror novel, The Confessions of Sylva Slasher, is touring the internet at the moment. Since I enjoy horror novels, and I enjoy reading YA fiction, I thought Iit might be interesting to ask what challenges an author might find in writing horror for young adults. Ace Antonio Hall's response is a great essay on the whole process of writing, editing and being published. It should be required reading for anyone hoping to be published, and I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I did. Thank you so much Ace, and welcome to my blog! (Oh, and as ac added bonus for readers, more information about the book plus two great giveaways can be found at the end of this post, so read on and enjoy!) What are the challenges, if any, of writing horror stories for younger readers? There were quite a few challenges for me. After the publisher introduced me to my editing sensei, a brilliant and talented pe...