Justine Larbalestier polls a crew of writers, including Samuel R. Delany, about their first-book advances. Their answers — how does one say? — are not the type to put a spring in the step and a whistle on the lips of the aspiring writer. They may, however, make her hit the schnapps some more.
12/28/2004
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Why couldn’t she have asked at least one Nathan Englander, Melissa Bank, Wonkette or Zadie Smith boyfriend if only to bump up the average?
Comment by Jimmy Beck — 12/28/2004 @ 2:22 pm
Sadly, she (er, I mean I) don’t hang in such exalted crowds . . .
Comment by Justine Larbalestier — 12/28/2004 @ 6:41 pm