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Originally Posted by I, Brian Hm, my earlier comments were a bit strong. I guess the trouble is, there are so many talented writers out there whose novels remain unpublished, simply because the market is so flooded. The fact that this lad got an easy entrance into the writing world is both his blessing and his curse - blessing in that he is finally published, but a curse in that his work will inevitably lack the life experience and professional polish that many other writers have to develop before eventual first publication of a novel. |
Sour grapes? Well, with reason. Since you've been butting your head against the publishing wall you see it from the other end - those that don't have that easy entry. However, this kind of thing is intrinsic in many parts of our lives, not just publishing - I see it every day at work. There are tons of people out there who live on 'easy street' without the effort us little peons have to put forth just to get to 'comfortable street'. I see 16 year-old kids with fabulous cars that don't even work - mommy and daddy provide everything. So, unfortunately we have to live with this kind of thing. We shouldn't let it make us into judgemental envy monsters. (That's what I call myself everytime I feel like yelling at my priveledged boss
I like to try and keep it all in perspective. If calling myself names helps, then that's what I do.)
However, as my earlier lecture stated, in short, 'Don't judge the book by it's cover'. Authors' works should be judged on the works themselves. Period.
Ok, I'll get down off of my high horse now, sorry for the over do-goody post - I'll try to keep these to a minimum!