tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125325709844932289.post470143218604265465..comments2023-09-07T07:16:10.305-04:00Comments on Flights of Fantasy: Six-year-old lands multi-book deal?Marian Pererahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700524210146863718noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125325709844932289.post-63662210166234465662010-08-29T12:24:07.944-04:002010-08-29T12:24:07.944-04:00Victoria - Yes, even if the mom claimed to have si...<b>Victoria</b> - Yes, even if the mom claimed to have signed a contract for 23 books, that wouldn't have been as newsworthy as a six-year-old doing so.<br /><br />She was probably trying to out-Paolini Paolini there. I imagine the next author to capitalize on their age will have to be two or three years old to beat this.<br /><br /><b>Mary</b> - I hear you. Hopefully publications like PW will look into this more closely and follow it up.Marian Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700524210146863718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125325709844932289.post-76737115035279387862010-08-28T18:20:28.780-04:002010-08-28T18:20:28.780-04:00Sigh...
It's hard to be working so hard towar...Sigh...<br /><br />It's hard to be working so hard towards a goal when only a select handful of people (other writers, publishers, etc.) appreciate how much labor goes into it. People will read about this boy's 'achievement' and wonder why so many people make heavy work of getting published if it's so easy a child can do it.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125325709844932289.post-8507453563797030242010-08-28T11:53:10.615-04:002010-08-28T11:53:10.615-04:00Thanks for catching the pub date, Marian--I comple...Thanks for catching the pub date, Marian--I completely missed that. It's looking to me a lot like this was some kind of ill-advised attempted publicity grab by Leo's mom.Victoria Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993325726575944136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125325709844932289.post-88159061987563902072010-08-28T11:52:31.560-04:002010-08-28T11:52:31.560-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Victoria Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993325726575944136noreply@blogger.com