Bruised step-nephew of: STOP THEM BEFORE THEY WRITE AGAIN!

OK, with apologies, since  I am again not going to name publisher or author. You might be able to guess from some of what I'm about to say...but I won't confirm or deny (because I reviewed it for someone much like the two previous posts in this series)...

Will someone tell me why mega-authors feel compelled to try their hand at writing for young people?

When your every book for adults goes to the top of the bestsellers list (and I like them, really!) WHY WHY WHY do you think you can write for kids?

Look, people, writing for young people without sounding saccharine, condescending, or lame is HARD. It's harder than writing for adults. This is mostly due to the fact that you ain't a kid any more & being a kid is nothing like what you are telling yourself you remember it being. If the kid you were...read the book you just wrote, they'd probably poke you in the eye...at the very least they would throw it at you.

And publishers...I KNOW the publishing game is about making a profit. I know that if Bestseller Betty comes to you with the desire to write "Equine Magic Dream Mystery" or Bestseller Bob comes with a plan for a series "just like Harry Potter only in outerspace with aliens and a graphic novel to boot!" I'm sure you publishers know their name will sell even the most asinine, brainless barf...but please PLEASE employ some editors! Remember them? They are the ones who used to read manuscripts and tell the author that the characters were cliches, the dialog was unintentionally laughable, there's a complete lack of internal logic in the narrative, and the plot points appeared in pulp fiction when grand-dad was in diapers...

Sigh...I just read one that was all of that and a bag of poo.

My brain is bruised, but at least it's over!

Unfortunately...come on, you know what comes next! SURE you do!

IT'S THE FIRST OF A SERIES!