Teens who give advise to authors?

Some young adult authors ask teens to read their books before they are finished, and then they ask them for advise. I don't know any authors personally, but I would really like to get involved. Does anyone know of any clubs or groupes I could join, or have any suggestions?

Teens who give advise to authors?
This is called Beta Reading. If you write to a particular author and offer to become a Beta Reader, many authors keep lists of those who offer and contact them when they have something they are interested in getting opinions on.





As for the above group, I would advise them to do some serious research into trends in publishing before posting and sharing work online. At the present time, virtually NO publishers will even read anything that has been previously posted online due to plagiarism and the chain of ownership issues. If you have any interest in seeing your work ever actually published, do NOT post it online. It is a guaranteed rejection. Pax - C
Reply:Just post signs at bookstores %26amp; libraries, I'm sure a teen who's interested in reading would see it there.
Reply:my group! Creative Authors United -- open to anyone who loves to write anything they want; creative writing, poems, lyrics, short stories, novels - the people who join can ask advice on their pieces and they will be answered. Most members are very active, although there's only 8 of us so far. This group was just started, but great.





here's the link -- free to join, so go ahead and do it! haha





http://groups.yahoo.com/group/creativeau...