tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338464331588642586.post9017820863461650784..comments2023-10-30T08:52:20.722-04:00Comments on The Lawn Chair Boys: The Art of Fielding: No, That's Not a Reference to Sarah Palin and Glenn RiceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18154553815666186170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338464331588642586.post-8900483022993147122011-09-17T09:26:40.622-04:002011-09-17T09:26:40.622-04:00you didn't get a $650,000 advance? well, that ...you didn't get a $650,000 advance? well, that just goes to prove what my students thinks about all writers. i swear at the beginning of the year i always have one student blurt out about some well-to-do contemporary author, "he's poor, right? my 8th grade english teacher told me writers don't make money 'til they're dead."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05841282055513560945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338464331588642586.post-81498769519669568472011-09-16T14:40:49.163-04:002011-09-16T14:40:49.163-04:00currently in the library queue to get ARt of Field...currently in the library queue to get ARt of Fielding, but I too was thinking about getting it sooner via pitchers & poets. <br />and to have my book mentioned in the same post as a guy who got $650,000 advance for his book is a brilliant example of the 'extremes' of literary publishing.deckfighthttp://www.deckfight.comnoreply@blogger.com