I read and write and love the YA genre because the character’s feel and respond so passionately.
Everything, in your youth, effects you deeper. Your world is your high school, and it’s a small world where your pears do not often welcome uniqueness. There is something sad and beautiful about that time in your life. It must be appreciated.
A good YA author captures that in their books. The embarrassment, the sorrow, the utter joy from a first kiss. That passion. That unfaltering emotion. That’s why I love YA. I hope to bring that passion to my pages.
That, and I still feel like a kid most days.
Why do you love YA?
I think I love YA because young people's emotions are so raw and real. And it's such a hard but exciting time, where they start experiencing real life, disappointment, joy, love, heartbreak, sorrow. So much to work with there to as far as writing goes.
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