Time and Tide

I don't want to make too much of myself, but at the age of 22, I wrote what may be the worst novel ever penned in the English language.  So I was particularly interested in John Scalzi's explanation of why writers tend to be older.  But even if you have not written the worst novel in the English language, you will be interested too.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/06/time-and-tide/20000/