Contains Mild Peril
Crowvus Publishing Even though it is still a full year to my book launch, I'm going crazy on research! On one of my blog travels (fitted in between Holiday Gardening Club at school, and my driving lesson - stay off the roads and pavements!) I came across a guest post by Glen C. Strathy , a middle grade author. The article can be found here. Middle grade is the age bracket for my book, Taking Wing, and Glen C Strathy makes a super point about thinking about the gatekeepers for this genre. The gatekeepers are teachers, librarians and parents who will buy the book if they think it's suitable for children. The author then goes on to say that "o bviously, that means no graphic sex, profanity, horror, or violence." Reading this, my heart begins to beat faster. Ok, there are no gory details in my book, but there is violence and a great deal of peril (that word that the BBFC love putting on DVD covers!) Glen C Strathy does say that fighting monsters is fi...