Guest blogger Stephanie Osborn on “Things They Don’t Tell You In Author’s School - Part #3.” (When I invited fellow writers and book lovers to submit guest posts, Stephanie was the first to climb aboard – with not one but eight Tip O’Day suggestions. I thought it might be interesting to revisit those early posts from the third week in January, 2011.)
Some things have nothing to do with your manuscript.
Thing Three: There is a pecking order among authors, and it is not entirely determined by tenure, sales figures or awards.
Who published you? How big was your last advance? (This is, not coincidentally, often determined by the size of the publishing house.) The bigger the publishing house, the larger your advance, the higher up the pecking order you are – at least in the minds of some.
Be prepared to experience resentment from those below you, and disdain from those above. Some of us view the playing field as level – but not all.
Dixon says: Fortunately, I've mainly experienced generosity and helpfulness from other authors. Okay, Grisham keeps driving by my house late at night, dumping beer bottles and other trash on my driveway, but other than that...
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