These notes are from the writer’s conference of life the universe and everything. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

• Librarians will try to direct young readers to books that they think they’ll enjoy
• Adults and kids read kids’ books.
• Need challenging info for kids that are higher readers that don’t contain safe content.
• Smart fiction: kids and adults read tougher and at different levels can be entertaining
• Talk about the human element and the challenges they’re going through.
• Earth sea books have multiple levels.
• The author will put complex words in their fiction.
• You can write material that a 5th-grade story feels comfortable in reading to their class.
• As you write for older readers the complexities of the book increases and grey areas exist.
• You can write stand-alone stories or a series.
• The nice thing about a series is you’ve already y created the characters.
• If you have a series, when you pitch or submit, you need to have an idea of what will happen in the other books.
• Children read up. 17 magazine is read by 15 yr. olds.

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