The author seems to be be ignoring the fact that talent is immeasurable. There's no metric by which we can truly define it. There's no way to know who "has a bo

The author seems to be be ignoring the fact that talent is immeasurable. There's no metric by which we can truly define it. There's no way to know who "has a book in them" except by looking at who has already written books. It's ridiculous to pay attention to the self-defeating naysayers. If you have a strong enough desire to produce a book, then you've got a book "in you", and there's little sense in letting anyone tell you otherwise. I've experienced similar conditions learning to code and write software. Some elitists have beliefs along the lines of, "if you don't already know how / if you didn't learn at a young age, then you're not a true talent, and programming is not really for you." Those kinds of people can get fucked.