As though you actually could follow in JKR's footsteps and get rich by imitating her and hoping lightning would strike twice -- like millions of people haven't very obviously tried that and gotten bupkis
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Hell, JKR *herself* tried an experiment to prove she had real talent and wasn't a fluke, that *miserably failed* Nobody bought "Robert Galbraith's" first book, no one cared about it, until finally it was confirmed that "he" was JKR and suddenly it became an instant bestseller
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I mean, massively successful people who don't realize that there are more talented and less successful people doing the same thing, and that they just got really lucky aren't to be trusted.
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Stephen King & John Grisham come immediately to mind.
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That we live in a Meritocracy that rewards hard work for everybody is a fantasy.
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In a better world, children and adults discovered Diana Wynn Jones instead.
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