Laurence
Inkling
Firstly, what're your main reasons for writing it in the first place? It seems to me that it gives only limitations. Beyond being unable to write about grittier things, I imagine adults are less likely to enjoy YA fiction while I think most young teens and up are perfectly capable of/willing to pick up a non-YA book.
Is it that you intend your book to be kids' gateway novel in to the world o' fantasy and therefore need your story to be less wordy and intimidating?
Secondly, what do YOU consider the cut-off point between YA fiction and (is there a term that encompasses everything else?) adult fiction? Any particular examples of books that are right on the edge and do editors and publishers usually like to push people one way or the other?
Is it that you intend your book to be kids' gateway novel in to the world o' fantasy and therefore need your story to be less wordy and intimidating?
Secondly, what do YOU consider the cut-off point between YA fiction and (is there a term that encompasses everything else?) adult fiction? Any particular examples of books that are right on the edge and do editors and publishers usually like to push people one way or the other?