Das Kapital for Writers: Part Three

EXPENSES

My friends, PLEASE learn from my mistakes. When it comes to this, they are legion and I want you to avoid waking up one morning to realize that you’ve spent your entire advance in a matter of months.

Here’s a few things to NOT do:

Don’t spend your advance when you get it. Sit on it for a while. As long as you can. See what it feels like to be in possession of money someone paid you in exchange for your words.

Don’t assume there’s more where that came from. You might get a huge, badass advance and for a little while there, you think this is how it’s always going to be when you have a new book. And it might! But it might not. Remember what I’ve…