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Pop Culture, Slang, And Day-Old Sushi: Things That Can Quickly Go Bad
(And How To Keep Them From Fouling Up Your YA Fiction)In 10 years, will anybody understand you if you say "fo shizzle?" Will they stare blankly if you mention Britney Spears' buzz cut or Paris Hilton's jail time? They might, they might not, but the point is this: If you're a writer of young adult fiction, you can't afford to pepper your prose with slang and cultural references that reek like week-old sushi.More than in any other genre of writing, writers of young adul...
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