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The young adult market is unyielding in popularity, at least for the foreseeable future, but this also means it’s a flooded market with content published daily. So the big question right now is how can an author stand out from the crowd? The answer is writing a seriously great YA novel. That may seem like
There’s an argument to be made that young adult fiction is the most important genre in literature. In terms of practical use you may claim that children’s books do more for their readers; in terms of entertainment you might think that murder mysteries pull their weight; in terms of social impact you could make a
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