Anny Ballardini wrote:
> This came up a couple of days ago with a friend of mine while sipping an
> Italian macchiato at the bar in the center when she asked me if I am
> planning to publish and with whom, talking of a relatively recent
> manuscript.
> x, a very well known author who was commissioned by Mondadori (the biggest
> Italian publishing house) to write a collection of fairy tales and legends
> of the region to be published as a bestseller, something easy and joyful,
> brilliant and non-committing, well, after years, she received, in terms of
> payment for author's rights, 5,000 lire, the equivalent today of a couple of
> Euros, i.e. a couple of dollars.
>
> This the sad reality for writers.
>
Writing is pretty much the last bastion of Free Love.
Ken
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Ken Wolman http://bestiaire.typepad.com http://www.petsit.com/content317832.html
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You are not here long." -- Walker Evans
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