63% of actors and performers earn less than £5,000 per year

Clarkman wrote:

Sandy wrote:

Clarkman wrote:I stand to make under 5 figures on my next novel (due September 2019, available in all good shops ), and it has taken 4 years of work.

What's it called? I'll buy it in an attempt to get you over the 5 figure threshold, even if it's gooseberry fool.

The Art of the Body, published by Dialogue Books (imprint of Little, Brown - Hachette). I promise it isn't gooseberry fool...

Is it just full of taste full black and white photos?

Ecno wrote:

Clarkman wrote:

Sandy wrote:

Clarkman wrote:I stand to make under 5 figures on my next novel (due September 2019, available in all good shops ), and it has taken 4 years of work.

What's it called? I'll buy it in an attempt to get you over the 5 figure threshold, even if it's gooseberry fool.

The Art of the Body, published by Dialogue Books (imprint of Little, Brown - Hachette). I promise it isn't gooseberry fool...

Out of interest how does it work? What % do you get on sales, do you get a flat fee etc?

Paid an advance, split into quarters (manuscript acceptance, delivery of edited manuscript, publication date, fulfilment of marketing responsibilities). If the book sells enough to earn off the advance, you then get a decent percentage of sales at the cost price.

lex-man wrote:Is it just full of taste full black and white photos?

Reasonable question - sadly no. They asked me to change the title twice and this is what we've ended up with. Check out a press release about the book here.

Apologies for diverting the topic.

Clearly my Withnail meme didn't receive the respect it clearly deserved.

Clarkman wrote:Reasonable question - sadly no. They asked me to change the title twice and this is what we've ended up with. Check out a press release about the book here.

Apologies for diverting the topic.

All you need to do is make it unnecessarily dark and it'll be shortlisted for Man Booker.

Then HBO or Channel 4 can make a TV series about it and pay 63% of the cast less than £5,000 a year.

Sandy wrote:

Clarkman wrote:Reasonable question - sadly no. They asked me to change the title twice and this is what we've ended up with. Check out a press release about the book here.

Apologies for diverting the topic.

All you need to do is make it unnecessarily dark and it'll be shortlisted for Man Booker.

Then HBO or Channel 4 can make a TV series about it and pay 63% of the cast less than £5,000 a year.

If anything most publishers are going in the opposite direction and want lighthearted books currently. They've made me tone down a lot of the darkness in edits so far.

Wouldn't turn down that sweet sweet TV cash either way