Quick read, then back to work.
“I wish more writers wrote in a major key,” says Jonathan Karp, publisher of Simon & Schuster. “Why anyone would write a novel and not want everyone to read it is a mystery to me.” As for the big advances, he says, “when publishers swing for the fences, I think that’s admirable. Does anyone want publishers to bunt?”
Don’t know about you, but if an advance of six figures came my way, there’s a good chance I would decline it.
[Of course, my wife may have something to say about it.]
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talkedtoomuchsaidtoolittle reblogged this from wordpainting and added:
Why in the hell would anyone decline a 6 figure advance…?!
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glumbird reblogged this from wordpainting and added:
Wouldn’t accept it for moral reasons. But, good to know that publishers don’t actually have a clue what they’re looking...
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wordpainting reblogged this from oliveryeh and added:
There’s no way in hell I would decline a 6 figure advance on my first novel. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming …
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thedoctorinabluebox said:
why would you decline it?
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