In the mid-'80s I had a conversation over lunch with a publisher who was interested in signing me for a series. I asked if they could informally give me a ballpark figure for the advance they planned on offering for each book. I explained that I knew it wouldn't cover my living expenses for the year the series would take to write, but I needed to be able to estimate how much I'd have to borrow.
Their reply, "Oh, Dave, if you are thinking in terms of the money then I'm not sure we would want to work with you. You should be writing these books because you love the idea."
Now that we can get our work out there without the publishers, I could say the same thing back to them. I wonder how they'd take it?
In the mid-'80s I had a conversation over lunch with a publisher who was interested in signing me for a series. I asked if they could informally give me a ballpark figure for the advance they planned on offering for each book. I explained that I knew it wouldn't cover my living expenses for the year the series would take to write, but I needed to be able to estimate how much I'd have to borrow.
Their reply, "Oh, Dave, if you are thinking in terms of the money then I'm not sure we would want to work with you. You should be writing these books because you love the idea."
Now that we can get our work out there without the publishers, I could say the same thing back to them. I wonder how they'd take it?