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Mar. 23rd, 2004 07:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ann_leckieWow. I ran across this article in two places, but I'm going to recommend that you read ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nihilistic_kid's take on it first. (Editing to add--that previous link just goes to his LJ. This link here actually goes to the article I was referring to. Sorry about that, if there's actually anyone reading this.)
I'm in shock. $150,000 advance on a first novel? In what fairy tale does that happen? And what the hell is she complaining about? Oh, it's the publisher's fault the book didn't sell, and therefore didn't justify the huge advance so no one will give her six-figure advances anymore, or drain their bank account paying for lots of publicity. Boo hoo. Oh, and don't forget, she thinks that even though her book probably won't earn out, she should be getting lots of money for it. And since publishers won't rain money down on her as a tribute to her award-winning writerness, she's had to endure the humiliation of (gulp) taking a Day Job. The poor, poor baby. My heart bleeds.
Am I published? No. Not yet, I'll say, while rapping on my desk. But I swear, I hope if I ever am published I don't get this whiny sense of entitlement. Sheesh. What's the problem afflicting this poor, midlist author? Look in the mirror, babe.
nihilistic_kid's take on it first. (Editing to add--that previous link just goes to his LJ. This link here actually goes to the article I was referring to. Sorry about that, if there's actually anyone reading this.)I'm in shock. $150,000 advance on a first novel? In what fairy tale does that happen? And what the hell is she complaining about? Oh, it's the publisher's fault the book didn't sell, and therefore didn't justify the huge advance so no one will give her six-figure advances anymore, or drain their bank account paying for lots of publicity. Boo hoo. Oh, and don't forget, she thinks that even though her book probably won't earn out, she should be getting lots of money for it. And since publishers won't rain money down on her as a tribute to her award-winning writerness, she's had to endure the humiliation of (gulp) taking a Day Job. The poor, poor baby. My heart bleeds.
Am I published? No. Not yet, I'll say, while rapping on my desk. But I swear, I hope if I ever am published I don't get this whiny sense of entitlement. Sheesh. What's the problem afflicting this poor, midlist author? Look in the mirror, babe.