These days, the teen fiction market enjoys an enormous audience. It seems some girls around school are never seen without a copy of “Twilight” clasped underneath their arm. And while teen fiction rakes in its share of revenue for the publishing houses, when compared to good adult fiction, the majority of teen fiction is often clichéd.

“If a student is capable of reading and comprehending adult fiction… (Read More at the West Seattle Herald).

Okay, so Amber is a very savvy writer, and I really like her latest post on education (see her blog link below).  For now, I’ll let her “about me” link tell you more…

“Aloha! My name is Amber, I’m 17 years old and I live in Great Britain (it’s all in the name, apparently). I hate writing about myself almost as much as the miners hated Margaret Thatcher in the ’80s, thus here we are…

I am somewhat of a political fanatic and my dream was once to become a speechwriter for a famous politician. Can you imagine coming up with something Churchill-esque? However, it’s subsequently been decided that I am incapable of such a feat due to my love of popular culture references — you know, Rory from the Gilmore girls style.”

Read more at Amber’s blog: http://amber.jebelle.net/

From Emma’s About Me blog page:  Who am I? My name is Emma, I’m seventeen years old, and currently what Americans would call a senior in highschool. A Dutch Grammar School to be precise, and although I am a huge procrastinator, I pride myself in my education.

In the future, well after graduation, I’d like to train as a doctor, or if that fails, (meaning I don’t get into the medschool of my choice), I’d like to study Chemistry and become a teacher. Or perhaps do something else entirely, the possibilities are endless!

Most of my interests are more in the nerdier parts of life: I love reading and writing. As you can read in my introduction, I even thought about writing a book for a while, but I finally gave up on that idea after I realised I like my characters too much to give them flaws, and non-flawed characters are too boring.

Read more at http://forever-thinking.net/

I’m also just a bit weird. I’m not crazy, exactly, but you won’t find anyone exactly like me. I have lots of interesting obsessions (and I’m a total fangirl), and I have a strange sense of humour. I also often say “goodly” instead of “well”, which is a bit of an inside joke. (Don’t worry, I’m a grammar freak; I know “goodly” is not an acceptable adverb.) Other than that, it’s hard to explain my insanity—you’ll just have to find out for yourself.”

Check her out and send a note of encouragement!

Read more in this article on Bambee by James Hookway in the Wall Street Journal.

Vanity Fair calls RED “unsparingly frank and perceptive,” and Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert says of the book, “It’s high time people stopped writing, talking, and worrying about teenage girls and let these girls speak for themselves.”  Click here to read about these gals who appear on the coveted blog Huffinton Post.

Scholastic Children’s Books recently published

Rachael Alice Wing started writing Star-Crossed when she was 14 years old. As she wrote each chapter Rachael posted it on to an Internet writing website called Quizilla. It wasn’t long before Star-Crossed had a cult following of over a thousand online readers and shot to Quizilla’s number one spot of highest rated entries. Buoyed by her online popularity and pleas from her friends, Rachael juggled schoolwork, sitting her SATs and writing to finish the story. Click Here to read more about Rachael at Scholastic.co.uk.

Adornetto, who is just about to start her final year of high school in Melbourne, Australia, wrote her first novel, “The Shadow Thief,” at the age of 13 after shutting herself away one summer. It was published in 2007 when she was 15 to high acclaim.

A year later, “The Lampo Circus” confirmed her talent as a writer and this month the third and final installment in the series hits the stories with the title “Von Gobstopper’s Arcade.”  She spoke to Reuters about writing while trying to maintain the life of a typical teenager, with her fourth book underway:  Click Here To Read The Full Article On Reuters

As her tag lines says, you’ll find Cassandra, the dark-hearted-rose, where reality meets fiction! She is a college student in California who is “in a near-constant state of flux.  Sounds like the writer’s life to me!  Check her out.  And thanks, Cassandra, for offering the world your writing. 

NOTE: We will feature a teen writer post each week.  Know one?  Are you one?  Let me know in the comments section and maybe you or your friend will be next!