Hilary Duff.... author?

[Dominique]

I read today that apparently joining the likes of Lauren Conrad in the celebrity-turned-author ranks is Hilary Duff. She's going to be releasing "Elixir, a young adult novel, in October through Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing!

The 22-year-old newly engaged actress will share the adventures of photojournalist Clea Raymond, according to the AP. Clea’s got a gift - her photography leads her to a place where she can prevent tragedies before they occur!

Hil will also reportedly write a nonfiction book about kids coping with divorce based on her own experiences - expect the book to be on shelves in 2012!" (From Just Jared)

I think the nonfiction book about divorce would be helpful to younger fans going through their parents divorcing. I wouldn't be at all interested in Elixir though! I don't know if she can actually write or not...

What do you guys think? It kind of irritates me that famous young people are getting book deals when it's so hard for people actually trained in writing to get anything published!

[Carma]

Hmm... I've read reviews off lauren conrads book and they said it was horrible. These Hil books don't sound interesting to me.. but maybe she's a good writer.. Who knows? It's kind of weird she got a next book ready while the first one isn't out yet. Sounds a bit rushed to me...

[Lu]

Carma's right, it does sound rushed. I can understand that they get books based on their experiences published but I think it's different with fiction... Maybe I'm just biased.

Btw, I don't even know who Lauren Conrad is..

[Carma]

Mar 18, 2010 7:57:39 GMT -5 Lu said:

Btw, I don't even know who Lauren Conrad is..

the faux-reality show THE HILLS!! (And laguna beach, I think?)

[Lu]

Mar 21, 2010 9:17:25 GMT -5 Carma said:

Mar 18, 2010 7:57:39 GMT -5 Lu said:

Btw, I don't even know who Lauren Conrad is..

the faux-reality show THE HILLS!! (And laguna beach, I think?)

I've never watched that show, it's aired on MTV and we can't receive MTV where I live.

Lol ;D I guess my friends are right when they say I never hear of anything that happen on tv or of anybody, although they mostly refer to italian tv shows.

[franzimeyer]

That´s just so stupid!
I don´t think they actually are writing it on their own
They just hire people to write their recorded thoughts nicely down!

[Kristie]

I've never read LC's books and I don't think I would plan on reading books by Hilary Duff either. It's not that I would think they'd be particularly bad or anything, just that there are certainly more important and better things to be read out there

And I agree with you Dom. I think it's bad that people get book deals based on their name when people trained to write have problems getting deals. It's probably a privilege they don't really deserve.

[annak]

A friend told me she read the inside jacket description of Hilary Duff's book and it apparently sounds kind of good, haha