Sher Davidson
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Julia Alvarez:
Dear Julia, I am inspired and look forward to reading your books.As a late in life author, with my only second-novel just released, I cannot help admire how prolific you are. Also, I am often drawn to Latinx writers or those who write about foreign countries especially those south of our US borders. Do you think "ageism exists in the publishing world today?" I'm finding it hard to even find an agent.
Julia Alvarez
Julia’s agent says: Great work can overcome any bias, but sure, publishers are looking for the shiny and new. I’ve been told "it’s easier to promote a debut novelist than a writer with a middling track record." But it’s also true that it has always been hard to find an agent and good books are always challenging to sell. If the work is great, it will find a way. One has to believe this or there’s no way forward.
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Edgar Smith
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Julia Alvarez:
I've been a fan of your work for many years and always admired your versatility and adaptability, especially your willingness to go from deeply historical, grown-up topics to YA books and even children stories. As a writer, I can go from genre to genre within fiction (a lot of poetry in-between), but never from one audience to the next. Anything you can share about writing YA after mostly writing for adults? Thanks.
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