As a starting point, my college roommate who has been in publishing for ages, wrote up some basic guidelines on this some time ago: [link]
(FYI: You and her husband worked for the same company.)
Very convincing. Makes me completely want to put myself under government control. Please take me to where you can make me unconscious and naked.
Riley ,'Help'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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megan walker - Mar 05, 2015 9:36:11 am PST #6144 of 6687
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Zenkitty - Mar 05, 2015 10:11:28 am PST #6145 of 6687
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Being paid to appear is basically being paid to be yourself, and what could be better than that?
Atropa - Mar 05, 2015 10:14:43 am PST #6146 of 6687
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Thank you, megan!
(FYI: You and her husband worked for the same company.)
The software giant in Redmond? Or the data storage place in downtown Seattle?
megan walker - Mar 05, 2015 10:26:56 am PST #6147 of 6687
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The software giant. He's a lawyer.
Typo Boy - Mar 05, 2015 8:51:47 pm PST #6148 of 6687
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Looking at the link, I would add that you are a celebrity in certain circles in your own right. So you might adjust upward a little for that. Whether there is something about this venue, such as hardships they are undergoing that makes you want to offer a discount is another matter; but if you do decide to discount, please at least start from a number that takes your being you into consideration in deciding what to discount from. And I know you tend to undervalue yourself; but your being more famous than your average author is something that has commercial value to the venue. Your name will attract more people than your average single book author. If you start to undervalue yourself, maybe the Adorable One could Loom.
Atropa - Mar 06, 2015 8:29:52 am PST #6149 of 6687
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
And I know you tend to undervalue yourself
Ahahahahaha what? I don't know what you mean? But thank you for that reminder, because yeah, that's a thing I need to keep in mine.
It's a 2nd year convention, but I know last year they brought over alternative fashion designers from Japan, and the goth musician Voltaire performed.
Burrell - Mar 06, 2015 5:43:41 pm PST #6150 of 6687
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
!!! How exciting, Jilli!
Polter-Cow - Mar 11, 2015 8:59:03 am PDT #6151 of 6687
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I am now a paid published author!!
I wrote "Stranger" in half an hour one night and someone paid me five whole dollars for it. I WIN.
It's super short. Read it so you can read the whitefont:
It wasn't until months and months later that I realized this story is basically the opening scene of Buffy.
Zenkitty - Mar 11, 2015 9:20:02 am PDT #6152 of 6687
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
P-C, I love it!
Toddson - Mar 11, 2015 10:50:34 am PDT #6153 of 6687
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
oooh ... I just read "Stranger" ... love it!