MY DEBUT NOVEL WAS A FLOP - THE ANNALS OF HAROLD
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WHEN THE LOTTERY TICKET DON'T HIT
MY DEBUT NOVEL TROPICÁLIA (2023) SOLD 763 COPIES, — . . . remarkable, juxtaposed with years of silent toil where literally NOBODY read any of my writing ; less remarkable, in the context of a for-profit publishing industry : I received a $125,000 advance from Atria. When I tell people my novel was a FLOP, they mewl sympathetically with unanimous succor : “don’t say that! No it wasn’t!” — bruh, I know my novel doesn’t SUCK, but there’s one goal in big publishing : TO MAKE MONEY ! For Simon & Schuster, my book was an unequivocal FAILURE. They were not interested in publishing me again.…
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