Passing this along, though it won't do much good as some ...

Passing this along, though it won't do much good as some people never seem to believe it, anymore than they believe that most writers don't control the cover image, the price, availability of ebook, foreign, or audio editions etc etc.

The myth of the rich writer.

I feel like the figure of $7500 for a first fantasy is kind of high. I got $3500 for The Element of Fire in 1992, and there was a survey a few years ago that I think listed $5000 - $5500 as still the average amount of the advance for ...