{"id":2896,"date":"2013-06-17T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T14:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.old.caraghobrien.com\/book\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2013-06-17T10:57:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T14:57:10","slug":"what-happens-to-writers-after-they-debut-a-survey-3-years-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/writing\/what-happens-to-writers-after-they-debut-a-survey-3-years-out\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens to Writers After They Debut? A Survey: 3 Years Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HandI asked my fellow YA and MG writers whose debut novels appeared in 2010 to answer a few questions about their publishing and writing lives today, three years after our books came out.\u00a0 Of the original 72 writers who were eligible to reply (they were in The Tenners<\/a>), 23 responded anonymously between May 20 and June 14, 2013, and all of the respondents reported themselves as actively writing still.\u00a0 In case you\u2019d like a hint to remember some of the new names from 2010, our year included Julie Kagawa<\/a> (The Iron King<\/i>), Leah Cypess<\/a> (Mistwood<\/i>), Kiersten White<\/a> (Paranormalcy<\/i>), Stephanie Perkins<\/a> (Anna and the French Kiss<\/i>), Jennifer Hubbard<\/a> (The Secret Year<\/i>), Teri Hall<\/a> (The Line<\/i>), and Becca Fitzpatrick <\/a>(Hush, Hush<\/i>).<\/p>\n

While this survey admittedly captures a small sample and is not scientific, the results are still interesting.\u00a0 For instance, the results suggest that the turnover of a writer\u2019s editors is more common than the turnover of her agents, and that many of these writers are satisfied with their writing lives.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve ever thought that a writer doesn\u2019t have to have a bestseller or earn a living writing to be satisfied with her writing, this small sample supports that theory.<\/p>\n

My heartfelt thanks to the writers who completed my survey.\u00a0 I appreciate their honesty and admire their tenacity.<\/p>\n

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1. Are you actively writing now (10+ hours per week)?<\/p>\n

Yes: 23 (100%)<\/p>\n

No: 0<\/p>\n

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2. Since your debut came out, how many more of your books have been released (not including the debut or any indie-pubbed books)?<\/p>\n

Zero: 6 (26%)<\/p>\n

1 or 2:\u00a0 14 (61%)<\/p>\n

3 or more: 3 (13%)<\/p>\n

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3. Do you currently have a contract for your next book?<\/p>\n

Yes: 13 (57%)<\/p>\n

No:10 (43%)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

4. Are you still working with the same editor you had in 2010?<\/p>\n

Yes: 5\u00a0 (22%)<\/p>\n

No: 18\u00a0 (78%)<\/p>\n

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5. If you had an agent in 2010, are you still working with the same one?<\/p>\n

Yes: 16 (69%)<\/p>\n

No: 5 (22%)<\/p>\n

Had no agent: 2\u00a0 (9%)<\/p>\n

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6. Do you now earn a living by your writing?<\/p>\n

Yes: 8 (35%)<\/p>\n

No: 15\u00a0 (65%)<\/p>\n

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7. Have you had a NYT bestseller?<\/p>\n

Yes: 2 (9%)<\/p>\n

No: 21 (91%)<\/p>\n

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8. Have you indie-published since 2010?<\/p>\n

Yes: 2\u00a0 (9%)<\/p>\n

No: 21 (91%)<\/p>\n

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9. Are you satisfied with your publishing life?<\/p>\n

Yes: 14 (64%)<\/p>\n

No: 8 (36%)<\/p>\n

Skipped: 1<\/p>\n

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10. Are you satisfied with your writing life?<\/p>\n

Yes: 21 (91%)<\/p>\n

No: 2 (9%)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I asked my fellow YA and MG writers whose debut novels appeared in 2010 to answer a few questions about their publishing and writing lives today, three years after our books came out.\u00a0 Of the original 72 writers who were eligible to reply (they were in The Tenners), 23 responded anonymously between May 20 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-2896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2896"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2908,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions\/2908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}