Old People Writing for Teens

Lol. Perhaps we should define "old" -- I'm not sure if I qualify

HAHAHAHAHA.

*loves north*

oh my god.

I love this thread so much right now.

*tosses flowers from RM*

The Teens Writing for Teens thread has like 5,000 posts or something. I'm not sure we can catch up

Eventually, they'll age out of their thread... and will have to join ours. So, we just need to be patient. We'll eventually overtake them

KTC said:

I know. I got all goose-bumpy when I saw it.

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I definitely don't qualify to hang out in this thread, though. I'm just cracking up in my happy corner.

I am pretty sure I must qualify now, since I am a grandma (will be for the second time next month).

My knees feel old. But I'm on Facebook, can I really be old?

Shoot....I have tons of years on all the teens....and I just did a story for them. .....................................walks away...mumbles to self.....I am not old....just seasoned.

CACTUSWENDY said:

Shoot....I have tons of years on all the teens....and I just did a story for them. .....................................walks away...mumbles to self.....I am not old....just seasoned.

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With sugar and spice and everything nice, right?

Do I count as old? I'm only 21 but I'm clearly not a teen anymore. I think I shall hang out with all you cool people! We have to keep each other entertained!

Yeah, I feel left out because I'm not sure if I belong in the old thread (I'm 23) but I definitely don't belong in the teen thread. I think I'll hang out here anyway, though.

McNorth: Hero of Everything.

My husband's 98 year old grandfather refuses to use a cane because canes are for old people and he's not old. =)

Maybe this should just be the thread of people who are glad not to be pimply-faced, awkward teenagers anymore. But who still write for teens. Just use "old" as a synonym for "not a teenager anymore."

(I don't write for teens, but I thought this was an amusing thread and stopped by. *waves*)

Of course, I'll stay away from the question-- what is SO bad about being old, anyway? You couldn't PAY me to be a teenager again. I'm 28. I'm looking forward to getting older.

Is Old. McNorth, I love you, you grey headed sasquatch.

Haha, North, you are the best.

I am 22, clearly an old geezer lady on the brink of death. I've already started collecting cats so I can be crazy old cat lady.

traininvain said:

Haha, North, you are the best.

I am 22, clearly an old geezer lady on the brink of death. I've already started collecting cats so I can be crazy old cat lady.

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Gives train a kitten.

I hope so. I'm 44. I'm not published as a YA writer or indeed as a novelist, though I am as a short-fiction writer.

At least two YA authors I can think of were older than I am now when their debut novels were published - the late Siobhan Dowd was 46 and Meg Rosoff was 48. So I live in hope. With the admission that their FIRST novels were published long ago, Melvin Burgess (for example) is 54 and Aidan Chambers is 74. So, never too old!

This made me laugh. I was also wondering when somebody would start a thread like this. Hooray for all of us still in touch with our inner teens.... and in possession of enough distance to see those years with a little extra clarity!

I'm Kirsten, age 25.... nice to meet you, grown-ups.

teens are the minority, though! you people are going to overtake us in a second.

possible thread suggestions:
precious preteens writing for teens
tasty twenties writing for teens
flirty thirties writing for teens
fiery forties writing for teens
fierce fifties plus writing for teens

At least two YA authors I can think of were older than I am now when their debut novels were published - the late Siobhan Dowd was 46 and Meg Rosoff was 48. So I live in hope. With the admission that their FIRST novels were published long ago, Melvin Burgess (for example) is 54 and Aidan Chambers is 74. So, never too old![/quote]

I'm 48 I've published eight teen novels and I am one of the youngest of my teen writer friends. I was a bit shocked actually at how many of us writing for teens are actually middle aged women with teens and grown up children of our own. Age is not a barrier : )

not trying to start a war or anything

Here are three amusing posts from John Scalzi's blog I've been wanting to link to. This seems like the perfect place -- they'd get me crucified in the other thread. I'm not saying I agree with every one of his points, but... interesting stuff. What do you guys think?

• 10 Things Teenage Writers Should Know About Writing
  
• On Teens, and the Fact That Their Writing Sucks
  
• Emo: Older Than You Think

mcnorth.

you are made of so much win, you could give it away daily and still have more than anyone else.

Oh look. It's geriatric Reen, eating all the cupcakes.