This week's New York Magazine has a profile on rich kid Amanda Marquit, who wrote a novel at age 14 which is now being published. She quickly found a literary agent for the work-- a friend of Daddy's. Amanda says, "I was really lucky, pretty much."
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Interesting that some would attack Amanda Marquit for her accomplishment. I'd like to see those making these comments write a novel at age 14, or 15. Of course, judging from the run-on sentence I was just forced to read, that would be difficult.
I've found that young writers---teens, even---often have a very clear and concise view of their subject material. They thus create superior works, as compared to the pop-culture form-books which generally spill onto the shelves.
Don't make the mistake of assuming that, just because a teen is published, they are the subject of some pop-culture conspiracy.
Of course, this is me saying these things. You'll probably come after me with equal condescension. I, however, am hardly a rich-kid.
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The overwhelming feeling I get when reading about these teen *prodigys* is just, well, jealousy really.
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