/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15927472]

An 11-year-old girl has just published her first novel. Where's yours?

Don’t let her age fool you.

Nya Wilcox can write, and she’s a published book to prove it.

The 11-year-old daughter of Mark and AmberLynn Wilcox recently had her fantasy novel come out in print. Phoenix Feathers is available on Amazon in paperback and can also be found on Amazon Kindle as an e-book. A simple search for “Nya Wilcox Phoenix Feathers” will bring you to it.

“Nya has the gift,” Mark said. “It’s very obvious. ... It’s fun to see people react, ‘this is written by an 11-year-old?’”

Phillip Chipping, an entrepreneur who lives in Hyrum, helped get the book published. He is very impressed with her writing abilities.

The book, in paperback form, came out about six weeks ago. After posing for some photos and keeping her emotions in check, Nya clutched the book close and ran downstairs giggling when the camera was put away.

“I was really happy,” Nya said.

The story takes place in India. Having never been to that country, Nya did research to learn more about it and locations of cities.

“I didn’t know much about India, but I placed it there because a boy and his twin sisters find a Ruby Phoenix that can transport them places,” Nya explained. “I thought that it would be more likely for them to find that in India because of the culture and mystique there.”

The 125-page book took her a month to write. She wrote it last November as part of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). There was some extra motivation.

“I knew she wanted to write books,” Mark said. “She had been trying. On Oct. 25, I got this great idea. I’m going to challenge them for NaNoWriMo — her and her older brother. You write a novel by the end of November and a you get a Lego set worth $20. Nya refers to it as The Bribe, all caps, italics, underlined. It was just a simple motivation to give them something to shoot for, a goal. Nya really took hold of it and ended up writing three-and-a-half hours a day to get it done.”

Nya would wake up early, work through lunch and stay up late.

“We weren’t pushing for publishing at that point,” AmberLynn said. “It was just to reach a goal and see what she could accomplish.”

This was not her first attempt at writing a novel. Twice before she has written stories, but “they didn’t work out, and I didn’t know anything about outlines,” Nya said. “... I started without an outline, but my dad made me come up with one. That helped, but there was also room for a few smaller plot twists, which was good.”

It was definitely a teaching moment for Mark, who does some writing on the side. Nya, her three bothers and two sisters are home schooled by their parents.

https://www.hjnews.com/news/local/young-smithfield-author-publishes-1st-book/article_9da16813-cfd7-5027-88bf-32b5447460de.amp.html

[Anonymous No.15927475]

>fantasy
cringe

[Anonymous No.15927478]

AmberLynn said reading is the first thing they work on in their home school.

“She has read the Lord of the Rings trilogy in 24 hours,” Mark said. “That gives you an idea. ... She has a gift for ready and comprehension. That has translated pretty well to knowing how to write a story and convey realistic characters. She has picked up a lot from her massive amounts of reading and it’s translated into very readable novels that still has innocence and the fun of youth. There are a lot of laugh out loud funny stuff.”

“I read so much that I thought that it would be cool if I could write one,” Nya answered.

When they decided to try and get Phoenix Feathers published, Nya, with the help of her father, spent three months “polishing” it. Mark designed the cover.

“We used KDP — Kindle Direct Publishing,” Nya said. “It was super helpful. ... It checked it for any flaws and then sent it back saying it was good.”

Chipping also got involved.

“Phillip Chipping reached out just at the time on Facebook looking for teen authors that had finished books,” Mark said. “He works with Teen Author Boot Camp, which is an event down in Provo. They were getting ready for their event and were looking for teen authors to highlight and publish. AmberLynn found him in some of our Facebook communities we follow and told him we had a daughter that just finished a book. She isn’t a teen yet, but the principle holds.”

“I am passionate about literacy, I am passionate about writing, I am passionate about helping young people who love writing,” said Chipping, who currently resides in Hyrum. “When they are able to realize their dream of holding that book they have written, it is very motivating.

“I’ve done a lot of self-publishing. The self-publishing world is a very scary one. People get taken advantage of a lot. I wanted to create an affordable option for teens and parents of teens.”

What was Chipping’s first impressions when he read the book?

“She (Nya) is amazing,” Chipping said. “I was blown away. People are going to think there is no way that an 11-year-old wrote that because of her use of vocabulary. She is a very advanced girl, and that is her passion, her love. Her parents have been really good at helping her develop those skills and encourage her. ... My eight-year-old boy absolutely loved the book. We read stories at bed time. He was so into it, he wouldn’t wait for me after three nights and read it all on his own during the day time.”

[Anonymous No.15927483]

she looks like she doesn't shave her pussy

[Anonymous No.15927488]

Nya gets influences from what she has read. For example, the Blizzard Queen in her book reminds you a little of Narnia’s White Witch, but is not the same character.

“Those are much better than mine, so I won’t compare,” Nya said of books she reads.

Before moving to Smithfield with her family, Nya lived in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. There are young authors contests in Wyoming. She took first in Teton County out of all the schools and tied for second at state in her age group. Nya accomplished that twice when she was six and seven years old.

Right now she is interested in fantasy and listed the earlier books of Jessica Day George — not the later ones — as her favorite. As already mentioned, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is a favorite.

“The Hobbit was always getting checked out,” AmberLynn said.

“I’ve paid enough library fines on that book (The Hobbit) that I could have bought it three times,” Mark said.

Surprisingly, her favorite school subjects are not English or writing. Nya lists history and geography.

“She does not like the diagramming of sentences, but who does, right?” AmberLynn said. “... She is very responsible. She is the one we go to for help.”

The fifth grader, who likes to read, do crafty things, crochet, roller blade, play sports and explore, is already doing high school level English.

When asked about a future career, Nya said she thought she would like to paint, but now is thinking her first choice is writing. She is currently working on a sequel to Phoenix Feathers and has two chapters done. Nya is also working on a book from a dog’s point of view going along the Oregon Trail. Both of her parents called it “very cute.”

What advice would Nya give to young writers?

“Don’t worry about trying to make your characters big and elaborate,” Nya said. “Worry about making them realistic. When you make the conversations, make it like you are talking with a friend. Don’t worry about clichés, even though I do have a few.”

[Anonymous No.15927494]

>>15927475
>>15927483
/lit/ midwits seething because of an 11 year old who is already more successful than they'll ever be

[Anonymous No.15927497]

>>15927494
true

[Anonymous No.15927508]

>>15927494
Kappa

[Anonymous No.15927517]

>>15927472
>The story takes place in India. Having never been to that country
She's going to get cancelled for cultural appropriation kek. Tell the YA twitter stasi.

[Anonymous No.15927527]

>>15927517
>Tell the YA Twitter stasi
Is this really a thing in the US? I thought they only go after JK Rowling

[Anonymous No.15927528]

>>15927472
Okay, all well and good, but what does the novel actually look like? Can anyone post any excerpts?

[Anonymous No.15927532]

>>15927494
I wrote some rough drafts for a pirate fantasy book when I was 12 and they were fucking cringe. I'm glad nothing I wrote before 25 was ever published or it would be on my record permanently. Kind of like dumb kids posting stupid shit on the internet, it's never going away.

[Anonymous No.15927537]

>>15927527
They also went after an Asian girl who wrote about Asian slavery. Only black people can be slaves

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/books/amelie-wen-zhao-blood-heir.html

[Anonymous No.15927540]

>>15927527
It's much worse on the YA frontlines. How long have you been on /lit/? There's always fresh dramas, the competing YA authors and influencers cancel each other regularly over the thought crime de jour. Appropriation is a favourite because any fiction author can be accused of it and they have no defence.

[Anonymous No.15927547]

>>15927528
I can't figure out how to copy and paste, but you can read chapter 1 on the Amazon self published look inside page

https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Feathers-Nya-Wilcox-ebook/dp/B086P29RPM

[Anonymous No.15927565]

>>15927547
It's really bad, but honestly good for an 11 year old. I know people in their 20s who write far worse than that, so she's doing alright. Can't really hate on an 11 year old for not being good at writing

[Anonymous No.15927570]

>>15927472
I mean yeh fair play to her, though it is a bit depressing that an eleven year old has already done more with themselves than I likely ever will.

[Anonymous No.15927572]

>>15927547
>https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Feathers-Nya-Wilcox-ebook/dp/B086P29RPM

I'm not going to shit on it, because for a girl of eleven, this is about as good as anyone could expect. It's a shame that no one said to her, maybe you should write about your local area, your life, etc. Because the opening reads like she looked at wikipedia to glean Indian culture. And the fantasy elements are bound to be derivative, but no one cares enough to tell her the truth.

[Anonymous No.15927576]

>>15927570
It's a 125 page, self-published novel. That's very doable. All you have to do is write in a Word document for ~3 months, make a cover in GIMP, upload to Amazon KDP and wala, you have a novel

[Anonymous No.15927577]

>>15927532
I got halfway through a fiction writing prompt and realized the story didn't make sense. Are their any books on writing you would recommend? Also any tips for short stories?

[Anonymous No.15927586]

>>15927472
I encourage all kids to write as long as they don't become an empty vehicle for their parents to package their bullshit liberal ideas with.

[Anonymous No.15927589]

>>15927577
Nya's mom and dad made her write an outline of the story's plot before she started writing

[Anonymous No.15927594]

>>15927576
>wala
What? You wanna run that by me again?

[Anonymous No.15927595]

>>15927586
The family is a married couple with 6 white kids, all homeschooled, living on a ranch in Wyoming. Don't think there's any chance of liberal indoctrination

[Anonymous No.15927598]

>>15927572
>I'm not going to shit on it, because for a girl of eleven, this is about as good as anyone could expect.
Can we at least agree that threads like this should not exist on /lit/? That they should be 'handled' promptly?

[Anonymous No.15927601]

>>15927594
It's a /ck/ meme, Gramps

[Anonymous No.15927611]

She is 11 years old, even if her novel is not the best, I assume there are no tranny sjw faggot shit in it?

[Anonymous No.15927622]

>>15927598
What do you mean?

[Anonymous No.15927625]

>>15927576
Yeh I understand that when you actually break it down it doesn't seem so bad, but just getting myself to sit down to write something is a herculean effort. Also doesn't help that I'm literally incapable of coming up with ideas other than just writing gibberish for twenty minutes.

[Anonymous No.15927632]

>>15927622
This is a literature board. This is not a literature thread.

[Anonymous No.15927633]

>>15927472
>pushy middle class parents
>self published
this is the new friday isn't it

[Anonymous No.15927635]

>>15927625
I sometimes get ideas by trying to search for books about x, but not finding any, and saying fuck it, I'll do it myself. Do you have any books you want to read, but no one has written

[Anonymous No.15927638]

>>15927625
So, you're not a special talent, don't be a writer. That's OK. There are many other things you can do, like become American President.

[Anonymous No.15927642]

>>15927540
I've been on /lit/ since January 2020 but I normally sage YA threads

[Anonymous No.15927644]

>>15927633
pls tell me the cute girl with character on the left didn't become the generic female on the right.

[Anonymous No.15927655]

>>15927547
It shows great dedication for an 11 year old to finish a 125 page book. Most adults would give up quickly. The writing, while advanced for her age, is basically what you expect from a child. It's still something to be proud of. Good on her.

[Anonymous No.15927656]

>>15927472
>homeschooled
>loves history and LoTR
I don't know guys, this girl seems dangerously based already

[Anonymous No.15927661]

>>15927644
i can't tell you that, anon.
for bonus points, she recently came out as queer.

[Anonymous No.15927663]

>>15927472
I can almost read it in her voice
>phoenith featherth

[Anonymous No.15927674]

>>15927656
She loves it so much she read it in one day.
Not even hardcore Christians love their religion so much that any one of them has been able to read half the bible in that time.

[Anonymous No.15927714]

>culture and mystique
BUT THAT'S ORIENTALISM

[Anonymous No.15927756]

> She has read the Lord of the Rings trilogy in 24 hours
How is this even remotely possible? Even watching the lotr movies would take up half the day

[Anonymous No.15927800]

>>15927656
she won't be living with parents on a remote farm forever, once she moves out she will get blacked.

[Anonymous No.15927808]

>>15927800
>blacked
the americans are awake i see

[Anonymous No.15927835]

>>15927800
mutt's law proven right once again

[Anonymous No.15927837]

>>15927472
>You write a novel by the end of November and a you get a Lego set worth $20.
Man 20 dollars ain't gonna get you shit with the prices legos are at now.

[Anonymous No.15927847]

Dank. I could barely read at 11

[Anonymous No.15927915]

>>15927472
I already published my novel and made a shit ton of money. Anyone want a signed copy?

[Anonymous No.15927922]

>>15927488
At least I'll fucking murder her if she ever tried to rollerblade against me. Oh, you can cross your legs over to turn? Alright, watch me pop a deck chair
Alright I couldn't find a pic of this trick online, so just imagine a dude on rollerblades but he is sitting on his skate as if he was kneeling on one knee, except his weight in on the back wheel, the other leg is going out in front, and he's leaning back, and balancing his entire body horizontally on one wheel

[Anonymous No.15927929]

>>15927800
Basado

[Anonymous No.15927931]

>>15927847
kek

Anyways good for him, I hope his handlers let him have some weeks without xanax or similar shit, that stare isn't doing him any favours.

[Anonymous No.15927937]

>>15927756
She skimmed it, and she already knew the books.

[Anonymous No.15927953]

>>15927625
Fuck, you just described me to a t

[Anonymous No.15927955]

>>15927808
>>15927835
I am not an American, but she is. Given how few white people live in America, the number of blacks and current social trends, she will be blacked sooner or later.

[Anonymous No.15927986]

>>15927837
it would get you the super cool 76895 speed champions ferrari f8 tributo

[Anonymous No.15927992]

>>15927955
>I am not an American
even if you are not in body, you certainly are in spirit

[Anonymous No.15928005]

Robert Browning was writing Greek verse at twelve. That will never be possible again.

[Anonymous No.15928014]

>>15927756
Maybe that's the total hour
Still impressive though

[Anonymous No.15928060]

>>15927953
Yeh, its annoying as well cause its like fuckin well surely the idea should be the easiest part, everyone's got fucking ideas for stuff, so what's going on here then, why can't I come up with anything. Not even anything good, just maybe something a bit weird or interesting or summat.

[Anonymous No.15928159]

>>15927992
Just accept your fate, white women will be blacked and eventually white people will disappear.

[Anonymous No.15928165]

>>15928060
You could write a series of humorous short stories about the sad adventures of a 20-something year old man who is unlucky in all aspects of his life. Like George Costanza, but you

[Anonymous No.15928190]

>>15927632
To the extent that I wear skirts and cheap nylon slips
I've gone native
I wanted to know the exact dimensions of hell
Does this sound simple? Fuck you!
Are you for sale?
Does "Fuck you" sound simple enough?
This was the only part that turned me on
But he was candy all over....

[Anonymous No.15928381]

>>15927472
>The story takes place in India. Having never been to that country, Nya did research to learn more about it and locations of cities.
Surprised there's no one screaming cultural appropriation this time

[Anonymous No.15928526]

6000 hours in Photoshop

[Anonymous No.15928583]

>>15927598
Mods and jannys here are shit, they wouldn't know what deserves to be here or not

[Anonymous No.15928618]

>>15928526
kek

[Anonymous No.15928623]

>>15927472
im fucking workin on it

[Anonymous No.15928649]

>>15928526
kys

[Anonymous No.15928653]

>>15928526
lol, good work anon

[Anonymous No.15928675]

>>15927598
Yes, and here's why >>15928526

[Anonymous No.15928689]

>>15928675
Because of one poster?

[Anonymous No.15928696]

>>15928689
No

[Anonymous No.15928697]

>>15928696
okay

[Anonymous No.15928707]

>>15928526
v2

[Anonymous No.15928758]

>>15928526
>>15928707
would you fuck?

[Anonymous No.15928765]

>>15927472
Good for her. I hope the attention doesn't scare her

[Anonymous No.15928769]

>>15928758
I would fuck your head up you nasty excuse of a human being.

[thiskillsthedarkelf No.15928803]

>>15927472
Not gonna lie, i'm jelly and happy for her at the same time.

Gonna illegally download a copy and read her 125 page novel.

>set in india
>has never been

Oh that's a canceling.

[Anonymous No.15928837]

>>15928758
I don't see why not.

[Anonymous No.15928896]

>>15928769
don't know if female or dumb fuck.

would you fuck up one of her holes? which one...

[Anonymous No.15928918]

>>15927595
THRES ALWAYS A SHANCE...

[thiskillsthedarkelf No.15928920]

>>15928707
>>15928526
Fixed this for you.

>>15927472
>>15927547
"trying to learn two languages after the move chaos"
Is this grammatically correct?

[Anonymous No.15928945]

>>15928920
imagine her worshipping your cock

[thiskillsthedarkelf No.15928953]

>>15928945
No thankyou.

[Anonymous No.15928971]

>>15928953
gooble gobble

[Anonymous No.15929108]

Out on Amazon in two weeks

[Anonymous No.15929121]

>>15927472
>wilcox
Yeah i will cock her

[Anonymous No.15929147]

>>15928165
Alright well I've just come back from a job interview and I didn't get the job because the woman said I kept looking out the window, sounded disinterested and didn't know anything about the company. That's all fair enough, but still, bit sad and that. Do you reckon I should write a story about that then?

[Anonymous No.15929168]

She's going to blog on here in five years.

[Anonymous No.15929205]

>>15927472
Good for her, but
>>15927478
>“She has read the Lord of the Rings trilogy in 24 hours,”
Is absolute bullshit, and if she actually was a wunderkind, they should be nurturing her to be the next Joyce or something rather than letting her release her thrash first attempt YA novel

[Anonymous No.15929228]

>>15927922
Thats sick, anon.

[Anonymous No.15929234]

>>15927633
Please tell me the girl on the left became the girl on the right.

[Anonymous No.15929254]

>>15929234
type in Rebecca Black 2020 to get ur answer dumdum

[Anonymous No.15929255]

>>15927656
>history
>LoTR
no one cares about this manchild shit.

[Anonymous No.15929260]

>>15929205
Cleary this is a cash grab for the parents. No different really than those children's beauty pageants.

[Anonymous No.15929302]

Congrats to her, someday she will write white fragility II

[Anonymous No.15929306]

>>15927472
I'd bash her skull in with a bat. fuck that tiny nigger

[Anonymous No.15929334]

>>15929306
It would take only one strike.

[Sebuktegin No.15929420]

>>15927547
>https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Feathers-Nya-Wilcox-ebook/dp/B086P29RPM

[Sebuktegin No.15929439]

>>15929420
>>Joshhua
>>In Maharashtra
>>trying to learn Hindi and wants to learn fucking Tamil for some reason
>>suppose learnt Hindi
>>gets kicked from Maharahstra for not speaking Marathi and mistaken as a northfag

[Sebuktegin No.15929451]

>>15927915
Man what a world we live in

[Anonymous No.15929457]

I have a partially done manuscript.

No excuses.

[Anonymous No.15929493]

>>15927547
That's really cute. Good on her. I wish I had some of my stories published so I could look back on them.

[Anonymous No.15929527]

>>15927478
>read over 1000 pages in 24 hours
Thanks for confirmation that this kid is full of shit. Can’t wait till she burns out when it eventually dawns in her she isn’t as special as everybody jerking her off hypes her up to be.

[Anonymous No.15929545]

>>15927472
Turbo autism but at least she surpassed 90% of /lit/ by writing something

[Anonymous No.15929550]

>>15927661
Of course she did.

[Anonymous No.15929551]

>>15927488
>a kid wrote a bunch of knockoff characters slightly different enough to avoid copyright infringement
Why is this shit encouraged?

[Anonymous No.15929653]

>>15927483
>/lit/ - 2020

[Anonymous No.15929744]

>>15928896
Your's, not everyone is attracted to ugly children.

[Anonymous No.15929755]

>>15929551
Cause everyone does it and it's not limited to kids

[Anonymous No.15929768]

>Thread full of angry unpublished manchildren
Imagine being resentful of an 11 year old girl because she's following her dreams and put something out into the world. I'm delighted for her. I hope she keeps writing. You fags should be writing and submitting shit instead of whining that someone else is succeeding.

[Anonymous No.15929776]

>>15929768
it's just bantz bro

[Anonymous No.15929787]

>>15929768
Look at her, man. I could kill her with one strike in the head, that easy.

[Anonymous No.15929817]

>>15929787
As opposed to writing 500 words and submitting it, which apparently you find a monumental task.

[Anonymous No.15929821]

>>15929768
>people resentful of a talentless kid whose parent’s money subsidized her doing whatever she wants
Fixed it for you

[Anonymous No.15929835]

>>15929821
Kek, you realize that most successful authors get published because they know someone in the publishing/journalism business right?

[Anonymous No.15929852]

>>15929817
man, look, I truly believe I wouldn't even need a bat. I could just crush her head with my hands, it would be easy.

[jesus No.15930364]

>>15927472
lol

[Anonymous No.15930484]

>>15927472
Our Queen, No! New /Lit/ Princess!!!

[Anonymous No.15930505]

>>15927472
>“She has read the Lord of the Rings trilogy in 24 hours,” Mark said. “That gives you an idea..."

Yeah, I know how it is to be a prodigy: I could play stairway to heaven when I was 16, but Jimmy Page didn't write it untik he was 21. That gives you an idea...

[Anonymous No.15930517]

>>15930364
>not buying furniture to sell it later at a higher price

[Anonymous No.15930522]

is the book good?

[Anonymous No.15930535]

>>15930522
Look at it on amazon, you can preview a few pages.

[Anonymous No.15930590]

>>15930522
>gud?
I remember the last time an 11 year old wrote a book. It was laughably bad and /lit/ bullied her until she threatened a cease and desist

[Anonymous No.15930620]

>>15927472
I’m pretty sure The Synthesis of the Objective and the Subjective by Belcea was also written by an 11 year old

[Anonymous No.15931587]

>>15929147
Yeah, that would be super funny. You could have your main character first intend to *not* do things like look out the window, speak in a monotone voice, but his bizniz savvy friend gives him "advice" and he does them anyway. Maybe main character can misinterpret the Kramer friend, like he says, try to look philosophical and wise, but main character just blankly stares out the window

[Anonymous No.15932078]

>>15929205
>the next Joyce
cringe

[Glowy Joey No.15932107]

>>15929527
Damn y'all some deadhearted niggas. No need to shit on the lil tyke. Seems beyond the pale. OP really should not have made this thread, and the mods should definitely delete it.

Bunch of savages on this website.

[Anonymous No.15932234]

>>15927986
I'm in

[Anonymous No.15932514]

>>15928159
Ok cholo

[Anonymous No.15932522]

>>15927472
I could take her life with one punch.

[Anonymous No.15932530]

>>15932107
Imagine being a simp. 11 year old girls tortured me in highschool and I am till psychologically wounded from it

[Glowy Joey No.15932552]

>>15932530
There are no 11 year old girls in High School. Also who the fuck is simping for an 11 year old? You are damaged brother, seek help from a Psycho or a Priest or somebody.

She's a very nerdy 11 year old child who wrote half of a novel length manuscript about Indian Mythology. She is not the girl who bullied you in high school. Please seek help, do not bully the small child. I would defend this person if they were male because they're fucking eleven years old.

[Anonymous No.15932565]

>>15932552
dude, I'm telling you, I could take her life with one well placed strike to her head.

[Anonymous No.15932587]

>>15927475
fpbp

[Anonymous No.15932654]

>>15927565
Literally this. She's interested in becoming a writer, so I say it's good that she's passionate and has a family that supports her. I wish my family was as supportive as hers.

[Anonymous No.15932666]

>>15932654
man, trust me, if I had a bat, I could split her head in two from just one strike

[Anonymous No.15932668]

>>15932654
If my daughter was writing like this I'd have her using a pseudonym

[Anonymous No.15932685]

>>15927472
this is paolini with eragon all over again.

when i was eleven i was trying not to get hypothermia and die during winter

[Anonymous No.15932689]

>>15932685
I was listening to Guns n Roses and bombing hills on my skateboard, when I was 11.

[Anonymous No.15932752]

I have published a book. It’s not some fantasy bullshit like this.

All the same, I can’t hate on a girl for getting her work out there. The media will probably run with this shit, but if her work is trash, people won’t buy it in the long-run.

[Old Man No.15932764]

>>15930364
I wish I was in the mother's place

[Anonymous No.15932941]

>>15927472
>The 125-page book took her a month to write.
Roughly 1000 words a day. I’m doing that too but my book is much longer and I’m only three days in

[Anonymous No.15933062]

>>15927472
what I wouldn't give to bounce her tight cunny on my cock

[Anonymous No.15933423]

>>15927837
20 USD has never been a good investment on legos. I remember the white mothership set (with translucent orange chainsaws, no doubt) costing like about a hundred bucks. Now that was a decent gift and parts addition.

[Anonymous No.15934608]

>>15928803
tell us what you think of it. I read some of the dialgue but I won't bother with the rest of it.

[Anonymous No.15934673]

>>15928526
fuxk off back to /tv/ pedo fuck

[Anonymous No.15935143]

>>15927472
>11 years old
>looks stoned
What do the burgers put in their water supply?

[Anonymous No.15935774]

>>15932685
>>15927472

yeah, another kid publishing shit fantasy because their parents can afford to get that dribble published and marketed. How exiting

[Anonymous No.15936059]

>>15935774
In Paolini's day, you couldn't get published without the hags at a publishing house approving your work. Eragon got published because Mrs. Paolini was the VP of the publishing house. Now, anyone can upload their book onto Amazon. I bet this girl's family spent less than $1000 total on marketing. They most likely spent way less, because her dad is also a writer, and he has contacts in the industry
> professional cover, $100 - $500
> $100 on Amazon ads
> contact local businessman about publicity
> local newspapers talking about girl genius
> Facebook groups promoting book

[thiskillsthedarkelf No.15936477]

>>15934608
it was okay for a childs story, I feel like my own writing at the time was better but that's because I was ripping off sliders and goose bumps.

There are some weird gramatical phrasing that I've never seen before, such as the one I posted before, "move chaos" is a weird abbreviation.

>>15933423
>>15927837
>tfw once worked with charitable donations
>constantly getting in lego at the start of the year
>manager just takes it out of the donation bins and dumps it on ebay for huge mark ups

>>15927756
>lotr in 24 hours

Maybe she skim read, but i remember a lotr viewing party in highschool where it took 13 hours to watch the movies.

[Anonymous No.15936494]

>>15932552
I am in england you american fuck

[Anonymous No.15936855]

>>15927472
Meh, when I was 8 I had a short story published in my primary school's newspaper so whatever.

[Anonymous No.15936870]

>>15929205
>the next Joyce
god, you're embarrassing

[Anonymous No.15936914]

at least she isn't showing her ass on tiktok like most girls her age

[Anonymous No.15936946]

>refers to it as The Bribe, all caps, italics, underlined.
Kinda cringe.
>11
But also kinda based.

This reminds me of a documentary about genius kids that I think the BBC put out probably a decade ago. One of the kids was the son of a college English professor who had been given a regiment of readings. He too was an author who published something. Again, also fantasy. It’s funny because no matter how ‘good’ a writer a kid is, this is generally their preoccupation. They cannot help but copy the most popular (HP series, Rick Riordan series, or for those who were homeschooled like she was, their sources, Narnia) in style, subject matter, and even characters. Extremely difficult for them to come up with anything without it being very obviously based on some other material. Not taking anything away from her but the whole 11 years old thing is a gimmick and her father is too involved in the whole story to not be a bit skeptical about just how influential he and his edits were. Also, when your goal is ‘readability’ and ‘realistic characters’ you are aiming simply to create a product which is certainly not the LotR or Narnia’s scope (both series mentioned in the write up). But she knows this.

All that being said, imagine being her seething STEMfag brother rn.

[Anonymous No.15936973]

>>15927472
11 years old and already as the dead 1000 cock stare

[Anonymous No.15937140]

>>15927625
You should try to at least write enough to constitute a novella of some sort--the quality doesn't even matter. Write it even if it devolves into a stream-of-consciousness psychotic rambling: as long as it's long enough.

I wrote a novella once in 14 hours. Of course it was fucking trash and near-incomprehensible, but god was it thrilling to write.

[Anonymous No.15937156]

>>15937140
duuude, I could smash her head in with just one strike. I still believe this.

[Anonymous No.15937231]

>>15936946
reminds me of those genius painter kids, who just happen to have a parent who is also a painter. The parents' art gets no attention because they're adults. But ... what if they "helped" their kids with painting and marketed it as "prodigy art"? Those paintings would sell out in minutes.

This girl's papa is also a writer. I wonder how much of the book he ghost wrote

[Anonymous No.15937258]

>>15937231
Poor loser brother. Little sister gets the media attention, $20 Lego, and royalties that pay for Lego expansion sets ... and he gets to feel inadequate. The father shouldn't have even mentioned the brother was given the same challenge. It's just humiliation for him at this point

[Anonymous No.15937366]

I'm actually happy for her, i wish i had a life like hers when i was 11

[Anonymous No.15937397]

>>15927931
>him
this is your brain on internet (or usa) you automatically assume everyone's a tranny

[Anonymous No.15937437]

>an 11 year old is more successful then you

[Anonymous No.15937474]

>>15932530
>11 year old girls tortured me in highschool and I am till psychologically wounded from it
wtf

[Anonymous No.15937555]

>>15937437
We are all her older brother

[Anonymous No.15938049]

>>15927472
Good. Creativity should be encouraged.

[Anonymous No.15938076]

>>15927472
>>15927478
>>15927488
Honestly, props to her. If she starts writing derivative YA shit at 11, hopefully she'll escape the clutch of the industry by the time she hit 30 and write something good after that.
I notice however, a worrying trend in >>15927478. Teens sent to literary boot camp to learn how to write YA, a unsettlingly strong indicator that the publishing industry is intent on following the steps of the music industry and film industry with their young pop star idol/infinite cape sequels shit. This has been a cancer on music over the past 30 years, and on movies over the past 10 years or so, and I doubt it will do any better to literature.
I give us 7 years at most before something like the literary equivalent of the Swedish Academy of Music and Business (a training ground for future Justin Biebers) start sprouting all over America.

Once you've figured out the formulas to write endlessly successful interchangeable content and you've created a subculture of dedicated, narrow-scope readers, the only thing left is to find a way to reliably manufacture authors. The YA industry has already done the first two.

This might very well end up in a situation where teenagers are routinely trained and paid to write derivative fantasy targeted to other teenagers. Complete identification of the readership and the writers, enforced cultural myopia so that nothing outside the subculture really matters, guaranteed returns every time, absolute absence of aesthetic and financial risk. A perfect unbreakable capitalistc loop. It's kind of beautiful in a way.
>>15927517
Canceling attempt are common in YA circles, but not that effective, as long as the publisher knows how to handle the pressure (and in most cases they do).

>>15927625
If you're over 20, you have several handicap compared to a 11 years old: higher standards and better understanding of what can be accomplished in writing, a sense of self-seriousness, professional or educational concerns, etc. It's not just a funny game for you anymore.
That's why lowering the stakes and starting by writing a diary (or just a collection of observations, memories, ideas and descriptions) could be a help.

[Anonymous No.15938103]

>>15927655
Good on her, but keep in mind she has the free time and energy (not to mention lack of self-awareness) necessary to dedicate four hours a day to this. Adult generally have very little of all three.

[Anonymous No.15938125]

>>15927475
Yes because your midwit pseudo intellectual wankery is so much bettee.

[Anonymous No.15938132]

>>15927955
>how few white people live in America
Is 200 millions "few"? There are entire area of the US that are all but isolated, I doubt blacking is that universal.

[Anonymous No.15938138]

>>15928005
Unless you make it happen anon. Homeschool your child with top notch Greek tutor so that ancient greek becomes his native language.

Btw there are still people who are fluent in Latin to this day.

[Anonymous No.15938154]

>>15929527
Perfectly possible to do that.

[Anonymous No.15938169]

>>15938154
If TWoW is ever published, I will read it like that.

[Anonymous No.15938177]

>>15929527
That's approximately 40 pages an hour

[Anonymous No.15938179]

>>15932685
>>15932689
I don't even remember what I was doing at 11. It's like my life stopped at 8 and restarted at 15.
I'm not even amnesiac, just very boring.

[Anonymous No.15938189]

>>15936059
This reminds me of that classmate in third year of uni who had published short stories at 19. However he had no problem admitting that it was thanks to his well-connected uncle, and he didn't think of it as an accomplishment. It was just good practice for him.

[Anonymous No.15938190]

Again, just one well put strike to the head and boom.

[Anonymous No.15938202]

>>15937156
She could snap you in two with just one bare hand. Don't be fooled, she might be small, but the girl is at peak strength.

[Anonymous No.15938546]

>>15927472
Post her feet then i'll buy it

[Anonymous No.15938551]

>>15929768
Ok pedosimp

[Anonymous No.15939753]

>>15932654
What a fag, why would you need the support of other to fulfill your dreams?

[Anonymous No.15940168]

>>15927472
Is it better than Eragon?

[Anonymous No.15940661]

>>15927472
i have published like 7 diaper erotica stories on smashword that are like 3,000 words each

i have made $11 dollars from it

(:

[Anonymous No.15940733]

>A boy, his twin sisters, and a wolf pup unknowingly embark on a quest to save a magical world. Facing fire, water, ice, and armies, they must return stolen feathers to a trapped phoenix, who is their only chance of getting home. But an evil sorcerer and a Blizzard Queen will do all they can to stop them…

Nah.

[Anonymous No.15940767]

The book is fucking god-awful, just look at the fucking banal prose.

[Anonymous No.15940780]

>>15940767
>>15927472

[Anonymous No.15940789]

>>15935774
This. Next.

[Anonymous No.15940795]

>>15927922
Nice taste anon

[Anonymous No.15940904]

>>15929147
>I didn't get the job because the woman said I kept looking out of the window, sounded disinterested and didn't know anything about the company.
Did you ask her where the fish go in the winter when the lagoon freezes?

[Anonymous No.15942006]

>>15940733
Sounds like Narnia fanfiction

[Anonymous No.15942067]

good for her.

[Anonymous No.15942206]

>>15927478
>“She has read the Lord of the Rings trilogy in 24 hours,”
1238 pages in 24 hours, one page every 51 seconds. Yea that's a lie.

[Old Man No.15942219]

>>15942206
Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[Anonymous No.15942223]

>>15942219
I hadn't considered maybe they have their 11 year old hopped up on Adderall just scanning through the pages picking out names and locations. I wouldn't call that reading though.

[Anonymous No.15943648]

>>15927475
>>15932752
>>15935774
>>15936946
Why does everyone here hate fantasy? It's fun.

[Anonymous No.15943897]

>>15943648
Because most of the time it's too samey.

[Anonymous No.15944058]

>>15943897
Cliches and recurring themes aren't necessarily bad (though sometimes they are). I'm not even specifying the Hero's Journey, which reduces things down "mentor" and "challenge".

For a slightly more specific example:
>young man of humble origins is trained by a mysterious magical hermit who is more than they appear to be a "knight" and goes on a quest to save a princess from an evil wizard

I just described Star Wars, Eragon, King Arthur, and a large percentage of folklore/mythology from around the world. Does the fact that it has been done before make it any less entertaining as a story?

[Anonymous No.15944647]

>>15932522
It's amazing how much better men are than women.

[Anonymous No.15944685]

>>15927674
?????
best post?

[Anonymous No.15944700]

>>15944058
4chan is the dragon

[Anonymous No.15944787]

>>15927472
>Where's yours?
>tfw published three (3) books
>First has sold +12.000 so far
>Second has sold +8.000 so far
>Third has sold +5.000 so far

And collaborated on another four (+120.000, +70.000, +50.000, +30.000)

And not a single one was a novel. Or in english...

[Anonymous No.15945296]

what kind of name is nya lmao

[Anonymous No.15945323]

>>15927478
>She has read the Lord of the Rings trilogy in 24 hours
This isn't a good thing. Reading is supposed to be enjoyed and reading a series like that is best done in many sittings so parts of it simmer before resuming. Then again, if you've already read it it'll be easy to skin through to the bits you like.

[Anonymous No.15945340]

>>15944787
egoist

[Anonymous No.15945650]

>tfw crippling self-doubt and neurosis which has plagued me my entire life kept me from finishing the novels I used to write as a child, despite winning scholarships etc

Good for her, though.

[Anonymous No.15945785]

>>15940904
Nah I wasn't that bad, although obviously I wasn't any good either

[Anonymous No.15945918]

>>15927472
i wonder if she put sex scenes in her book.

[Anonymous No.15946025]

>>15942206
Every 69 seconds, so pretty doable

[Anonymous No.15946082]

>>15945650
>tfw crippling self-doubt and neurosis which has plagued me my entire life kept me from finishing the novels I used to write as a child, despite winning scholarships etc
Doesn't sound like you've got too much self doubt to suck your own dick.

[Anonymous No.15946534]

>>15944787
Meanwhile, it's probably some school textbook so those numbers aren't even good.