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Did you notice that Wayne Rooney's wealth included a five book deal worth £3.5m? Now I know he 'wrote' his first autobiography when he was only 21 (wow) and I believe he could actually write his name. Possibly he can now do joined up writing, but suggesting he can WRITE five books (let alone one) is stretching the imagination too far.
So we REAL writers plod on, and with luck might even get a publishing deal.....for peanuts.Of course we must not forget the obscene deal Blair obtained.
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think on it like that. And be encouraged to keep right on writing. I am.
Why worry? It's not as though his getting the deal lessens your chances. I doubt that the people who will buy his book would have bought yours (or mine or Dorothy's) instead if he hadn't got that advance. Not because his will be better, but because they'll be a different genre and mostly bought buy people who have chosen them solely for the name on the cover.
Some 'real' writers make lots of money too. Stephen King isn't poor, nor is JK Rowling for example. As Dorothy says, we just need to take a bit longer to build up our own names.
I am surprised people are buying Blair's book. What on earth does he have to say that is not a justification for all he did without apology?
Agree with you on TB (that's not talk back mind)
Seriously, unless you are Keith Richards, who really does have a story to tell, no celebrity book is going to boost the profits of a company to the point they will think they can take on newbies. It's ridiculous, these people don't need the advances! With all the money Rooney has, does he need it? Royalties would have been enough!
But if someone wants to buy it for themselves that is okay. :)
No way Jose! I'd like to be there throwing the eggs though. It was mentioned in the reviews that he describes shall we say his more intimate moments with Cherie. Let's hope it doesn't inspire Gordon Brown to write in a similar vein...God help us all.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/08/tony-blair-a-journey-sales-records
That's a staggeringly large number for a political autobiography.
Anyway, they're not queing for the book, they can get that in the supermarket.
Makes you want to run away and hide in a dark hole until the second, nay the 11th coming of wotsisname?
(for a heafty advance I will tell them)