Writer
Publishers
The Six Figure Advance
Party planning seems to fit neatly in alongside celebrity chefs. Poor Pippa would have found it tougher if she’d been an investment banker. ‘Pippa’s guide to mergers & acquisitions’ doesn’t have the same ring to it, eh?
No-one is buying debut novels
So why bother? The chances are infinitesimally slim that you will ever get the book deal your heart is set on. Why not go to the pub, or get comfy and watch re-runs of Friends instead?
Have Book, Will Travel
I’ve asked Clare Wallace, fellow alumna of the 2010 Bristol Short Story Prize, and now a rights manager at Darley Anderson literary agency, to answer some of my questions about foreign rights sales…
How many heads would a publisher need?
Are we so driven by forging our writing careers and being published that sometimes due diligence is overlooked?
© 2011 Claire King. 
