So, by the morning Quotes Every Man Should Know should be out. Online, in stores, that sort of thing. A brief FAQ follows.
1. Why did you write this book?
Quirk Books asked me to, because I did a good job on Insults Every Man Should Know, which was also Quirk's idea.
2. Publishers just call you up and ask you to write books for them. Really?
Yeah.
3. Why?
I make deadlines, and hand in reasonably clean copy.
4. You must think you're really something, eh? You think you're so hot, but you're not!
Your mom thinks I'm hot.
5. What's with all this "man" business? What about women?
They do women-branded books too. My best guess is that the vast majority of these books are sold as gifts—the reader is not the buyer. So perhaps the idea is that one buyer will buy a man book and a woman book, for two gifts. Like your mom bought me two...
6. Should I buy this book from B&N, or amazon, or an indie store? What gets you the most money?
This is flat-rate stuff. I'm bylined, correctly, as an editor since I am mostly compiling quotes and then writing a little copy. So I've been paid what I've been paid already.
7. And how much was that?
1.3 months dayjob salary. Not bad for a 15,000-word gift book. The .3 was a raise from Insults.
8. if you're not getting royalties, what sort of promotion do you plan on doing?
This FAQ. Your mom.
9. Don't you think you should stand up for equal rights, and royalties, and REFUSE to do any more ____ Every Man Should Know books?
Not really.
10. What's your favorite quote?
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish.—Lao Tzu.
Which I think ended up being cut from the book anyway.
1. Why did you write this book?
Quirk Books asked me to, because I did a good job on Insults Every Man Should Know, which was also Quirk's idea.
2. Publishers just call you up and ask you to write books for them. Really?
Yeah.
3. Why?
I make deadlines, and hand in reasonably clean copy.
4. You must think you're really something, eh? You think you're so hot, but you're not!
Your mom thinks I'm hot.
5. What's with all this "man" business? What about women?
They do women-branded books too. My best guess is that the vast majority of these books are sold as gifts—the reader is not the buyer. So perhaps the idea is that one buyer will buy a man book and a woman book, for two gifts. Like your mom bought me two...
6. Should I buy this book from B&N, or amazon, or an indie store? What gets you the most money?
This is flat-rate stuff. I'm bylined, correctly, as an editor since I am mostly compiling quotes and then writing a little copy. So I've been paid what I've been paid already.
7. And how much was that?
1.3 months dayjob salary. Not bad for a 15,000-word gift book. The .3 was a raise from Insults.
8. if you're not getting royalties, what sort of promotion do you plan on doing?
This FAQ. Your mom.
9. Don't you think you should stand up for equal rights, and royalties, and REFUSE to do any more ____ Every Man Should Know books?
Not really.
10. What's your favorite quote?
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish.—Lao Tzu.
Which I think ended up being cut from the book anyway.