tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post4781487348018876568..comments2024-03-28T13:18:28.238+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: The teenage writer sensation revisitedMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-77800827379872304552020-05-11T13:18:30.938+01:002020-05-11T13:18:30.938+01:00Informative post. Thanks for sharing
Marketing Ass...Informative post. Thanks for sharing<br /><a href="https://assignmentfirm.com/marketing-assignment-help.php" rel="nofollow">Marketing Assignment Writing</a>KeiraDoltanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353070905271849441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-41678350628417221442020-05-08T12:20:05.946+01:002020-05-08T12:20:05.946+01:00A great blog you provided for students it will be ...A great blog you provided for students it will be very helpful for their study.<br /><a href="https://www.excellentassignmenthelp.com.au/assignment-help-usa" rel="nofollow">Assignment Help USA</a>Assignment Helphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14764667231488131911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-6205903873169363082012-10-11T13:36:26.171+01:002012-10-11T13:36:26.171+01:00Golly, how could professionals get it so wrong? An...Golly, how could professionals get it so wrong? And what a wonderful young writer to get over it and be a success without the hype.<br />Great article.Gladys Hobsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-74461828899704456242012-10-09T11:41:34.382+01:002012-10-09T11:41:34.382+01:00Thanks for this. Can't help thinking of the yo...Thanks for this. Can't help thinking of the young author Kaavya Viswanathan whose novel was riddled with plagiarism.<br /><br />Then there's this:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/world/europe/12germany.html?_r=0<br /><br />where the 17-year old author lifted material but denied it was plagiarism.DFhttp://www.myth.typepad.com/borschlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-81693645429694193232012-10-08T04:16:46.855+01:002012-10-08T04:16:46.855+01:00While it's a bit surreal to see myself held up...While it's a bit surreal to see myself held up as a literary object lesson all these years later, I have to thank you for your level-headed and spot-on perspective. Now that I'm both a parent and the elder stateswoman, shall we say, of the 18-34 age demographic, I can look back and say that hype and inflated expectations do young talents absolutely no favors. I was lucky in that I had an agent who was and is there for the long haul (waiting patiently for my third book -- took a decade, but it's blessedly complete!), as well as a very level-headed family who didn't buy into the media frenzy, and ensured that I didn't either. But I think I'm probably an anomaly in that respect, and don't know of many alumna from the youthful publicity storm of 1997 who are still writing professionally (save for my fellow BBC Women's Hour interviewee Badisha and I).<br /><br />Appraising the landscape now, I can see that while it's a time of serious strife and flux for the publishing industry, those same cultural shifts are actually making it a much healthier creative environment for writers like the young woman who just got the deal with HarperWhatever. Ebooks, self-publishing, and digital distribution are enabling a low-risk, low-pressure DIY ethos that can lead to contracts once grassroots readership is firmly established -- which makes a hell of a lot more sense than giving a talented but tentative young person a huge advance that most likely won't be earned out (even if the book does well by modest-debut standards).<br /><br />It's also hugely easy to denigrate the recipient of hype in the pursuit of deconstructing it, so I appreciate the fact that you approached this subject (and, err, me) with decency and common sense.<br /><br />Wishing both you and Abigail Gibbs the best,<br /><br />JennJenn Crowellhttp://www.jenncrowell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-75313044398789073622012-10-07T03:07:50.702+01:002012-10-07T03:07:50.702+01:00Great article! Also, it always amazes me how long ...Great article! Also, it always amazes me how long the whole vampire/YA genre thing has lasted. 17 million hits is a lot!Naja Tauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726788609375265117noreply@blogger.com