This may not seem much, but it was more than ten times the royalties William Faulkner received for "Soldier's Pay." That early novel brought the chronicler of Oknapatawpha County (and future Nobel Prize winner) a staggering six dollars.
And people wonder why writers drink.
On the other hand that famously prosperous writer, Stephen King, has done well both latterly as a teetotaler and formerly as an enthusiastic boozer. King admits to not remembering how or when he wrote his bestseller, Carrie.
ReplyDeleteStephen King's maxim on drinking: "I never understood social drinking; that's always seemed to me like kissing your sister."
Another King maxim: "The road to hell is paved with adverbs."