I'm not a huge fan of that level of starry-eyed naivete, and I don't think anyone ought to go into this business with their eyes scrunched up.
Yes, this. I think the $150K first-time advance may have sort of encouraed her to be starry-eyed, though -- I know it would me.
And I agree with Plei that the article sounds like it was written by someone who doesn't much feel like writing, lately.
And AmyLiz, not worries on the comments on my comments :-). It took me long enough to get the chapters back to you in the first place.
Yes, this. I think the $150K first-time advance may have sort of encouraed her to be starry-eyed, though -- I know it would me.
Oh, thoroughly. Thing is, she's had ample time to come to terms with the reality of the Monolith That Is American Publishing - and she needs to learn how to deal, at least if she intends to continue writing.
So, Dear Jane: either put this experience to use and keep writing, or give it up and maybe just write about why you gave it up.
I think I just mean that she's got no business being crushed and disappointed after this little go-round.
LJ, I think it was in the Toronto Star online, last Thursday or Friday. Entitled something like "Chick Lit Invades Ireland" or something.
I don't mind the sorrow or the rage, although I'm disinclined toward a pure version of either - mine tends to be a sense of shocked outrage at a perceived injustice, and then I steamroller. As you may have noticed, I'm neither passive nor passive-aggressive.
I have two real states. No, three. Apathetic, hyper, and cranky.
Yes, this. I think the $150K first-time advance may have sort of encouraed her to be starry-eyed, though -- I know it would me.
It's so tech boom, if you translate industries. Which is scary.
So, Dear Jane: either put this experience to use and keep writing, or give it up and maybe just write about why you gave it up.
You know, I bet that would actually sell well...
Irish chick lit article from the Globe & Mail.
ETA I found the Torstar one as well.
I think it was in the Toronto Star online, last Thursday or Friday. Entitled something like "Chick Lit Invades Ireland" or something.
Oh! Someone linked to that in livejournal because it annoyed her. It sounded skippable from her description, but now I shall go read.
You know, I bet that would actually sell well...
Damn, I love you, Plei. The irony in there is beautiful. Can't you just see it now?
From the NYTBR: "Disappointed", by Jane Doe Austen, chronicling her failure to deal with achieving success as a commercial writer after a series of enormous book advances failed to place her on the Times Best Seller list, today reached the number three spot on the Times Best Seller List..."
