<p>^^i think it’s really awesome that you know another language well enough to write a book in it,
what language?</p>
<p>Chinese, that’s my first language.</p>
<p>The best thing to do is to read literary agents blogs. they tell you a lot about the process from structuring your ideas to submitting queries to the ins and outs of editors and the publishing world.</p>
<p>Before you even consider publishing one bit of advice i’ve read from these blogs is to finish two books before you start pitching your novel to agents. if your idea is good agents want to see more material and may not wish to wait for a second book as they would for a third or fourth.</p>
<p>However since writers start getting excited before they finish their first draft you can check out literay market place (or something like that). its a website which lists agents, their companies and what genres or types of books theyre looking for.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>I can write 3 or 4 pages, then I’m stuck. I usually do have a great start… :(</p>
<p>@DDKnight: if that’s the case you may want to try outlining the major arcs of your story beforehand to make writing smoother. some published authors have made outlines 10 - 15 pages long depending on how detailed they want to be. mine are usually 6 written pages in small type (2 - 4 for beginning middle and end and the rest for character sketches). it kinda sucks the fun out of figuring what happens next but at least you won’t be halting every 2 minutes then putting it down for days.</p>
<p>Relainer–Do you know of any good Literary Agents who specialize in the Young Adult genre?</p>
<p>Oh my. If CC is your resource for publishing, you will not get published.</p>
<p>My parents are writers, editors, and used to be nonfiction publishers. My sister is working on publishing her second manuscript (she gave up on the first). First, if you want to be published be a semi-reputable publishing house, you need a literary agent. Second, you need to finish the book, write query letters (and synopses, depending on the literary agent) and send them out. </p>
<p>I suggest checking out [Nathan</a> Bransford : Author](<a href=“http://nathanbransford.com/]Nathan”>http://nathanbransford.com/) to get started.
There’s a wealth of information out there. Click around from Nathan Bransford’s blog, check out some books that compile literary agents, Google.</p>