What happens if an author doesn’t earn out their advance? Do they have to pay it back or does the publisher just take the hit?
What happens if an author doesn’t earn out their advance? Do they have to pay it back or does the publisher just take the hit?I wonder if Pandora will earn out her advance. There was I think an 11 way auction for the publishing rights, so the advance may have been large, which will have been nice for her but make it much harder to earn out in the face of rapidly falling sales.
The publisher takes the hit, and obviously they will be reluctant to publish the author again. So a big advance can be a poisoned chalice...What happens if an author doesn’t earn out their advance? Do they have to pay it back or does the publisher just take the hit?
Ya, sorry, I more meant it’s not used!FoD’s account is still there. He hasn’t posted on it for months. He has own thread(s) on here which is active.
I find that really hypocritical. Especially since it seems like Dolly’s second book and Pandora’s first aren’t that great. So clearly it’s not the case that anyone can write if they have those opportunities. I do think privilege helps. Obviously. But if you don’t have talent, you don’t have talent and no amount of money will fix it.Did anybody hear D and Ps reactions to Pheobe Waller Bridge on Elizabeth Days podcast? She was discussing privilege.
She was basically saying she was incredibly privileged - she went to RADA, private schools etc and was comfortable financially to be able to take time out to write etc. (This was in relation to Fleabag by the way). The long and short of it was that privilege didn’t write Fleabag - SHE wrote it FROM a position of privilege. Which I somewhat agreed with, not everyone with privilege has talent etc.
D&P said they didn’t agree? Basically, their point was that many people could write something similar if they’d had the same opportunities (which I also agree with). But how can they then completely disregard their own privilege when it comes to book deals etc? Any criticism regarding their own privilege gets instantly dismissed. Found it quite hypocritical.
It's an in joke from a previous episodeI am dying... two minutes in to their triumphant return, Pandora loudly and clearly calls Dolly ‘Dolly Anderton’ and neither of them acknowledges it. So much for being the best of buddies, can’t even get her name right! I thought I might be missing an inside joke but they wouldn’t pass up the chance to have a good old guffaw about it together if that was the case, surely.
Trainers on the sofaPippy d’Fuckington aka Sporadic User of IG couldn’t resist another Instagram photo opportunity to show off her £1.3m home whilst looking smug
Her book begins with her plonking her shoes on the counter of the local corner shop to prove they aren't slippers and have proper soles. Maybe there was a spirit of fun and mischief about this as she claimed, but it struck me as just a little bit rude!Shoes on sofas and chairs makes me itch. HATE.
Yes x 10. I think it's supposed to convey a mood of "jaunty" but I cringe every single time. I think Will Flirt for Dettol aka Dolly ANDerton's writing partner Benny Lauren or Lauren B or whoever she is did it. You get what you pay for.Does anyone else hate the High Low theme tune? I feel it's never matched the show.
I always hated the theme and Lauren always looks like a third rate Amy Winehouse. You *wish* you had her talent babesYes x 10. I think it's supposed to convey a mood of "jaunty" but I cringe every single time. I think Will Flirt for Dettol aka Dolly ANDerton's writing partner Benny Lauren or Lauren B or whoever she is did it. You get what you pay for.
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