I remember as a teen being able to eat more than my father. I was growing so fast and my body couldn't keep up.
When I think of myself at 15 even 17 I could simply not have done this work...
I progressed through so many different styles of music through my teen years...
For the first-time novelist you've got to get up at 5:30 in the morning and write until 7 make breakfast and go to work. Or come home and work for an hour. Everybody has an hour in their day somewhere.