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Author at age of fourteen?

I am fourteen years old and love to write all kinds of stories but I don't like poetry. I want to get a head start on a possible future career and I really need to know how to start once I already have a novel or something written. I know that there are places I can send my work but I am truly afraid that they won't read it and it will sit on a pile of others for a really long time. I need something where I can send it and get it edited or published in a maximum span of three months or so. I really need suggestions and appreciate any answers that you can give me. Thank you.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Pick up a copy of The Writer's Market. That will give you a lot of excellent leads on places to submit your work to. Another idea is self-publishing through someplace like Lulu Press.
( http://www.lulu.com )

You're in excellent company. Ally Sheedy published She Was Nice To Mice when she was 12 years old. Christopher Paolini was 15 when Eragon was first published. And when S.E. Hinton was 17, her first book, The Outsiders, was published.

I love to see teenagers writing! Keep it up!