Are YA Teen books for teen girls actual trash or is that just SoMeBoDy'S oPiNiOn? Is the Mid-list still a thing and are publishers hindering it? Authors who want to make a living writing, is it possible? These topics and more covered in this episode.

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This Episode’s Topics:

Authors Behaving Badly/Is There a Bias Against Books for Teen Girls?

• Common Read Hits 10 Years at Northern http://bit.ly/2XugbJo
• Emily Lloyd-Jones tweets about YA experience: http://bit.ly/2XztXdS
• Northern State University apology tweet: http://bit.ly/2OwNk2N ---http://bit.ly/2CYzUaJ (Deleted, which I think was Sarah Dressen’s original tweet.) ---http://bit.ly/35ivIi0 (Deleted, I think this was a supporting tweet from a famous author, but I can’t remember)

Make your living as an author: http://bit.ly/2r9VHJS

--Children’s Online Privacy Act

• Youtube Changes: http://bit.ly/335TDjm
• Derral Eves Thoughts: http://bit.ly/3480euN
• Lawyer talks about Changes: http://bit.ly/2O4Yxsm
• Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rules: http://bit.ly/2O8fTVg
• Petition link: http://bit.ly/2KI9PAS

--Where is the Middle going?

• Publisher Weekly article: http://bit.ly/2O4YoVQ
• Alexa Donne’s video: https://youtu.be/tnn8lj6G9Ps
• Full Sail University Panel:https://youtu.be/UfwY2rI8qAc

---Upcoming Releases---

At the end of the cast, they gave an AuthorTube Shoutout, where preorders and newly published books by Authortubers are shown some love.

In this session:

Cassie Beebe--Broken Together https://amzn.to/2D6jU6D

Melissas Frey--The Secret of the Codex https://amzn.to/32GuZW0