[ SECRET POST #6308 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6308 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

The publishing industry has turns to child labor?? How are teenagers getting book deals?

[kaijinscendre]

One of my favorite book series as a teen was by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. She published her first book when she was 15.

[(Anonymous)]

this was a nostalgia-blast right to the gut. I remember reading In The Forests Of The Night as a teen and being SO into it.

... kinda wonder if I should check and see if she's had anything (good?) published since. She's got to be almost 40 now?

[(Anonymous)]

Typically: their parents or someone they're related to works in publishing or owns a publishing house. It's not by talent alone at all.

[(Anonymous)]

This has been going on for a very long time. With modern self publishing tools, it’s happening more often. Parents want to believe their child is better at adult things than seasoned adults.

[(Anonymous)]

This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall was written by Gordon Korman when he was 12 years old and published a few years later. I loved his books as a child/teenager--hilariously funny and with vivid characters.

[(Anonymous)]

Over the years, I’ve developed a few rules regarding life. One of them is never read a book where the main selling point is how old the author was when they wrote it. If someone says, “Read this book. Its characterization is some of the best around,” then there’s a possibility that the book might be worth your time. If they say, “Read this book. The author wrote this when they were fifteen,” then stay away.

Yeah, it’s possible that the writer could be a legit prodigy but even if they are, they should have more than just their age as a selling point for their book.

Christopher Paolini and Amelia Atwater-Rhodes taught me a valuable lesson.

[(Anonymous)]

I never pay attention to how old the authors are or even what they look like, but a few books I’ve read recently made me think that they started life as fics by people who never worked on their world-building skills. No idea how old the authors were though.

[(Anonymous)]

The only book written by a teen I know that's very good is "The Outsiders" but that is an outlier

[(Anonymous)]

One of my favorite books (The Pilo Family Circus) was written by the author when he was 19 though it wasn't published until he was 27.

[(Anonymous)]

*This Can't Be Happening At MacDonald Hall* is really good fun, though.

Walter Farley was a kid when he wrote *The Black Stallion,* and it shows, but I am still kind of impressed by the accomplishment.