Sydney Wisdom of the Day: Payments

Sydney:


My clients trust me to collect their checks (AND the royalty statements that document what they were paid!) then cash them, and pass along 85% to them in a timely fashion. (Right!)


I'd NEVER trust a writer to cash the check and send me my 15%!


It's GOOD to be me!


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Sydney Wisdom of the Day: Foreign Rights Money

Sydney:


The good thing about foreign-rights money, is that sometimes checks just drop out of the mail totally unexpectedly.


The better part for me, is that these are checks that nobody knows about, and nobody needs to know about.


EVER!

Got to keep the Greenie jar full somehow, don't I?



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Sydney Wisdom of the Day: Slush

Sydney:


Did you ever feel like you were going to throw up?


Did you ever feel like you were going to throw up, and you couldn't find a manuscript laying around to throw up ON?


Nah, me neither!


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Sydney Wisdom of the Day: Reading Fees

Sydney:


People ask, "why do you charge a reading fee for aspiring clients?"


This is simple.  I charge reading fees for things I do not want to read and do not want to represent.  Why would I touch them otherwise?  Actually, it should probably be called a "sitting fee," because that's what I do with these submissions, sit on them.


I mean literally, I sit on them.  I'm a cat, and my slush pile is the highest spot in the room.


People ask, "why should I pay you a reading fee to take my submission."


Okay, you've stumped me on that one.


Now shut up, and get me tuna!

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Sydney Wisdom of the Day: Contracts

Sydney:


I admit, I don't know much about contracts.


That's okay.  Nobody ever sends me any.


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Sydney Wisdom of the Day - Being liked by editors

Sydney:


Editors like people who do not waste their time with inferior work. I never send editors anything. Editors like me very much and scratch my ears.


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Sydney Wisdom of the Day: Proximity to the Publishing Business

Sydney:


Since I do not live in New York, people ask me if I live a train ride from New York. Of course, I do! In fact, even better, I live TWO train rides from New York! They are called the Empire Builder and the Lakeshore Limited.

If I needed to be closer to New York, I would tell you about it.


Now shut up, and get me tuna.




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Sydney Wisdom of the Day: The Desire to Sell

Dear potential client:


You clearly have very little desire to sell this book.


If you did, you'd be also be sending it to somebody who could buy the book (an editor) instead of just to someone who can't (me).


Actually, I like that in a potential client.  I can use your lack of initiative to my own advantage.


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