true. and after thinking about a big mote, I think part of the whole "authors make tons of money for not doing much" meme partly comes from the fact that when most people do hear what a writers life is like, they are hearing about Dan Brown, Nora Roberts, John Grisham, Danielle Steel, Stephen King, etc.
However, and I may be wrong about this, but I think that teens/young adults are often searching out authors blogs/etc - even when they aren't the kinds of teens that are interested in writers specifically. This is still confined to readers, of course, but even relatively casual teen readers are more likely to serch out/stumble across authors blogs than adults are, I think. not just because they go online more anyway, but also because they are eager for spaces to discuss ideas without being dismissed as too young to have an opinion and because they crave positive adult attention and YA authors are more than happy to give it to them. I don't have any stats to back this up, just a lot of anecdotes from teens (that are not always the type to read about writing and writers) re: positive encounters with YA authors online.
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However, and I may be wrong about this, but I think that teens/young adults are often searching out authors blogs/etc - even when they aren't the kinds of teens that are interested in writers specifically. This is still confined to readers, of course, but even relatively casual teen readers are more likely to serch out/stumble across authors blogs than adults are, I think. not just because they go online more anyway, but also because they are eager for spaces to discuss ideas without being dismissed as too young to have an opinion and because they crave positive adult attention and YA authors are more than happy to give it to them. I don't have any stats to back this up, just a lot of anecdotes from teens (that are not always the type to read about writing and writers) re: positive encounters with YA authors online.