What I Write: A Play in Three Acts*

*inspired by KV Taylor's comment to yesterday's post: "Don't get me wrong, selling out is great. But if we cared that much about being famous, we'd write more crowd-pleasing fiction by design."

Act 1: Summer, 2007

Me: I think I'm going to try and write a book.

Other: Okay. Have fun.


Act 2: Winter, 2008

Me: I sold my first short story!

Other: Great! You said, "sold". So how much are they paying you?

Me: A penny a word. It's a 2,100 word story.

Other: (face contorted with calculation) That's $21...