Scott Carney

I could like, here's what you do.

Here's why dreams are important.

Here's what they provide you in terms of emotions and whatnot.

And I cut out all the bullshit that went on top of it.

I think so.

You know, being a writer is really hard.

I don't know if you've ever –

learned i think about the the finances of writing but i think people have this idea that you get something called an advance and then you roll in money you buy like houses and pools and stuff and that's awesome that's not really what the writer's experience is um you know i've gotten big advances i've gotten i think 250 000 advances which is a pretty sizable amount of money right but it but um

I found that publishers these days are operating a lot like venture capital.

So when you think about a venture capital firm, they come in, they dump a lot of money on something, but then they extract all of the value they can out the other side.

And my experience with traditional publishing is usually, hey, it's cool to get a big check.

Everyone fucking loves a big check.

But over the long haul, they don't support the books.

They don't do the things they promise.

They don't market it the way they should.

And because the way advances work, let's say they gave you 100 grand for a book.

That's an advance on royalties.

That's not just money we gave you because we liked you.

You have to earn back that advance.

And in general, like for every $30 hardcover book that someone sells, the author's cut of that, it's about $4.