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Time for a bright Wednesday morning wake up call. Ninja reader Lynn Coady writes in with this juicy link and says:
This link is a big downer but probably a good post. The title “Authors: Don’t Give Up Your Day Job” makes it sound like ‘duh’ material, but actually it details how things are getting —heavy sigh— a lot worse for writers what with the big box stores and the unfettered corporate bloat and whathaveyou.
A key quote: ‘In what other business would you find yourself facing a pay cut from £20,000 to £10,000 in a year?’
Thanks, Lynn. Thanks. And thank your agent for us. Send her a big bouquet of flowers that she can turn into wreaths for our funerals.
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July 26th, 2006 at 8:20 am
Yeah, but she’s writing about the UK. The same thing couldn’t happen here in Canada, could it? Right? Hello?
July 26th, 2006 at 9:01 am
Writers could take comfort in all the electronics and groceries for sale on Amazon and
the assorted lifestyle bric a brac in the front of all those Indigo stores.
I think they sell used books and remainders, too.
July 26th, 2006 at 10:03 am
The amount of advance she dismisses as “risable” sounded pretty damn good to me!
July 26th, 2006 at 1:48 pm
Denise Bukowski wrote a very similar piece for Quill 8 months or so ago…