Does age really matter?

I'm sure others have heard this very question. I come across it all the time. In writing I have found out that it really doesn't matter, but at the same time if you tell someone in your query that you’re young, it can hurt you.

So when you write a query don't put in it, since I'm a young writer I know just what is going through the heads of people my age. Firstly to a point this is true to another this is false.

I got out of high school only a few years ago and I talk to my younger siblings about what they do in high school all the time. I always think, you guys are still doing that. I start to feel old because I remember my grandparents saying the same thing.

Yes, we may not tell are parents everything, but hey they didn't either when they we are age. We may have cell phones and they may have to use something different when they where are age. But when you’re a writer, it’s all about becoming someone different. For the most part writers know how to write about young or older people.

So yeah some things may change, but most are still the same.

What I am saying is, don't put that in there, because it won’t matter how old you are as long as you know how to write a great story.

Here are a few authors that got published in their teens.

Kody Keplinger- The Duff-18 years old

Kate Coursey- Hamsa's Song-18 years old

Christopher Paolini- Eragon-19 years old

S. E. Hinton- The Outsiders-18 years old

As always remember to write, read, summit, and post.

Happy writing,

Enigma