[ SECRET POST #4018 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4018 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Not OP but an author

[(Anonymous)]

Well, yes. Because for most people, a novel represents a lot more than a month's work.

Re: Not OP but an author

[comma_chameleon]

Agreed, but someone just getting their foot in the door is not going to have someone hand them a million dollar advance. It's not realistic.

Re: Not OP but an author

[(Anonymous)]

Where did I say anything about a million dollar advance? Nobody in this thread has suggested that an unknown author is entitled to a million dollar advance. You do know there's a pretty wide range between $3000 and $1,000,000, right?

Re: Not OP but an author

[comma_chameleon]

REALLY? There's a difference?!

All I'm saying is people are acting like $3000 isn't a lot of money. As an author and someone who works full time, to me $3000 is still a lot of money for an advance for someone just getting their foot in the door. $3000 is three months rent for me, that helps a LOT.

Re: Not OP but an author

[cbrachyrhynchos]

For the labor put into the work and the need to make a living wage off that labor? It's not a lot of money. (Unless you're cranking them out quicker than Chuck Tingle.)

Re: Not OP but an author

[comma_chameleon]

No you're right, it's definitely not a living wage if you compare money to labour, but to be honest that's why I went to college and got a 'day job' too.

I love writing, I won't ever give it up, but it's not something I personally can expect to make a living wage off of (personally, because I write MM fiction and that's still not a huge market/isn't something that the big publishers are looking for).

Re: Not OP but an author

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe because to some people, it isn't a lot of money. It depends on where they live and what the cost of living is there, what their economic situation is, their health, whether or not they have a day job, etc. If you have a decent day job, then 3k is a nice bonus. If you're trying to scrounge a living off just writing, then don't forget that the 3k doesn't just go toward rent, it might also have to cover rent, food, clothes, transportation, health insurance, any emergencies, etc. for the writer and any dependents they might have.

Keep in mind that authors who publish a novel per year are considered prolific. I mean real novel-length books, not 10K of crappy erotica. So imagine for a year's work, you get $3,000. Even if you tripled that amount, that's barely enough for one person to live on in most of the U.S.

Re: Not OP but an author

[(Anonymous)]

But you don't get $3000 for a year's work. You get $3000 as an advance on the product of a year's work, with more to come if it actually sells. It's the money the publisher's giving you before they know how marketable your work actually is, or if anyone other than your ten best friends are actually going to buy it.