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Thank you so much to the 105 authors who took the author advance survey! Here are the results (now with author comments added below):
Average and Median of All Advances
Five people reported multi-book deals (four two-book deals and one four-book deal), which skewed the results a bit. Below are results counting the multi-book deals [...]
I’m on vacation for a couple of weeks, but I’m looking forward to catching up on everyone’s blogs and tweets when I return. Meanwhile, here’s a guest post from Samuel Park, author of This Burns My Heart. If you haven’t bought his book yet, do! Samuel is an exceedingly intelligent and talented writer. I loved [...]
First, I want to say that I was fortunate enough to meet Samuel Park in person when he read from his debut novel This Burns My Heart here in San Francisco tonight. I was so drawn in by the story and his dialogue that I bought THREE copies–all at full hardcover price. So if you’re [...]
Today we have an interview with Nina LaCour, author of the YA novel Hold Still, which is a fantastic book (I read it last week).
Writerland: When did you first know you wanted to be a writer?
NL: I’ve always been in love with stories—listening to people tell them, reading them, writing them. My [...]
We’re sad here at the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto to announce the death of poet and novelist Victor Martinez. His bio on the Harper Collins website reads: Victor Martinez was born and raised in Fresno, California, the fourth in a family of twelve children. He attended California State University at Fresno and Stanford University, and [...]
Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the survey. You guys are awesome. Here are the results:
Sixty-five writers took the survey. Of those, 42% are novelists, 18% are nonfiction and/or memoir writers, and the rest are broken down below. 43% of the writers support themselves through non-writing-related jobs (see below for a [...]
My last post got me thinking about different ways to begin a project. When I’m advising new writers on how to begin a memoir, I tell them to think of an event and just sit down and write it as a scene (or in essay form if they aren’t ready yet to write scenes). Then [...]
It’s that time of year again—time for a followers contest! All you have to do is follow me over there on the sidebar where it says Google Friend Connect (and if you’re already following me, you can win, too!). Then comment below telling me:
1. Your name/screen name 2. Where you’re located 3. Your blog/website [...]
Lots of great links this week!
Editor Alan Rinzler has tips for blending the backstory into your novel or memoir.
Both Kristan Hoffman and Rachelle Gardner’s guest blogger Rachel Starr Thompson ask Why Do You Write?
And lots of query letter advice this week!
Agent Nathan Bransford suggests you query in batches, not all at [...]
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