Yahoo Columnist Sued Over Missed Book Deadline

Damn, I need to write a book.

 

"Phil Anselmo: Metal's Most Misunderstood Man" is destined to become an ebook, dude.

 

The working title is "Sometimes you get the Bulldog ... sometimes you get an insufferable prick."

 

Nobody's reading your autobio. Except maybe me, for laughs.

 

I'd read several years ago Adrian's next book was going to be on Valvano. Was really looking forward to it and had wondered what ever happened with it.

A friend of mine had a $75,000 advance for a novel. Missed the deadline because she was feeling too much pressure. It was then going to be $50,000 and she missed that. She then had to pay back what she'd already received, which I think was half. The worst part was that it damaged her agent's reputation with the publisher, because she kept vouching for her client.

 

Don't give up, don't ever give up. Especially once you've cashed the advance check.

 

Somehow, I knew who this columnist was before I clicked on the link.

 

I have NO problem with this. You signed a contract. Meet the deadline.

 

Maybe he found a writer's bloc when uncovering the greatness of Valvano's World Funniest Moments in Sports on whatever it was on ESPN - while the dude was coaching an ACC program.

Maybe the author, like his subject, found himself spread too thin.

 

God, that's horrible. Once you take into account taxes and her agent's commission, half pretty much means everything she actually got, right?

So, no novel, no agent, and she literally lost money on the effing thing? I think the punishment outweighs the crime here.

 

Yeah, it wasn't good. She has trouble with expectations. Her earlier books were $10,000 advances and she didn't have any trouble. The idea that she had to write a "$75,000 book" sort of overwhelmed her.