tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13358346.post112862589685297846..comments2023-10-10T11:56:24.878-05:00Comments on cafe' cafe': Negotiating a Book ContractAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08195202743154382432noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13358346.post-1128675075956412122005-10-07T03:51:00.000-05:002005-10-07T03:51:00.000-05:00Hi PeggyThanks. Yes, it seems we both have neat ne...Hi Peggy<BR/>Thanks. Yes, it seems we both have neat news right now.Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13358346.post-1128661688598750402005-10-07T00:08:00.000-05:002005-10-07T00:08:00.000-05:00Congrats Pris! PeggyCongrats Pris! <BR/>PeggyPeggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853827320151443998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13358346.post-1128641350418611682005-10-06T18:29:00.000-05:002005-10-06T18:29:00.000-05:00Hi LyleI know. Poetry will never earn any of us mo...Hi Lyle<BR/>I know. Poetry will never earn any of us money to speak of, so there has to be another way.Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13358346.post-1128641030848765232005-10-06T18:23:00.000-05:002005-10-06T18:23:00.000-05:00Likewise, congratulations.Makes me think of a stor...Likewise, congratulations.<BR/><BR/>Makes me think of a story about the poet Tom McGrath (one of my huge favorite poets). At some point back in the '40's or '50's, I forget exactly when, McGrath was kicking around trying to figure out how to make a little money to live on. A man he knew, a labor union activist, gestured at a newsstand across the street and said, "You know what you should do -- you should write stuff for some of those pulp magazines over there."<BR/><BR/>So McGrath shrugged his shoulders, bought a few of the pulp mags and read through them, sat down and typed out half a dozen stories and sent them off to one of the magazines.<BR/><BR/>As McGrath tells it, he heard back from the magazine a few weeks later -- in the envelope that came back was a check for $150.00. (That was really good money back then. Not that it's pocket change now.) McGrath sat there holding the check and thought, "My God, somebody's given me a license to steal!"<BR/><BR/>I guess he got caught up in other things before long, and I'm not sure if he wrote any more pulp stories or not. The maddening thing, for me, is that he wrote the pulp stories under at least one pseudonym, and I don't know what names they're published under.<BR/><BR/>Too bad the pulps aren't publishing much any more. I might have tried writing for them myself.Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13358346.post-1128636425834994712005-10-06T17:07:00.000-05:002005-10-06T17:07:00.000-05:00Thanks, Michael!Thanks, Michael!Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13358346.post-1128632771887323502005-10-06T16:06:00.000-05:002005-10-06T16:06:00.000-05:00Thanks, you guys. Yes, if you can get a foot in th...Thanks, you guys. Yes, if you can get a foot in the front door, there's a big market for this genre. I can only average about a page a day, barring other problems, then we share off pages and honings. While it's slow, it adds up over time. We have a series in the same small Southern town setting in mind and have actually finished two over this last year and a half and have started the third. Cross your fingers. I do need the moolah and it's actually way more fun doing this than I ever thought it would be.Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13358346.post-1128631081711564322005-10-06T15:38:00.000-05:002005-10-06T15:38:00.000-05:00Congratulations! You must be so excited!Congratulations! You must be so excited!Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703056626322603467noreply@blogger.com