Recent content by ellenosb

Just registered! I'm writing a children's fantasy novel at the moment - struggling with the redrafting process, learning a lot, discovering a lot of my weaknesses but excited about getting better! Writing is hard and I'm looking forward to connecting with other people for encouragement.

Yeah it's just a shame that it's sometimes more acceptable to say 'I'm reading a children's book' than it is to say 'I'm reading a fantasy book' because people still have prejudice/stereotypes attached to fantasy, and like you say, it's seen as being childish. But the fact that there is such...

I suppose it's about recognising where your lack of confidence stems from. Is it fear that your work is rubbish? Well, the only way to improve is to get it out there. Is it fear that people won't like it? It is impossible to write something that everyone likes, so it's probably best to...

Maybe part of it is that labelling a book as 'young adult' makes it more acceptable to a mainstream adult audience that wouldn't normally associate itself with reading fantasy.

I'm probably a 7-8. I understand the hard work and graft involved but sometimes the sheer hugeness of trying to achieve the goal is overwhelming... Even when that goal is not even just to get published, but to improve and get better and write something worth reading.