Writer, teacher, pizza eater. Author of How to Fall in Love with Anyone. Creative Writing faculty at The University of British Columbia. she/her
Jun 9, 2020 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
I, a totally unknown white woman with one viral article, got an advance that was more than double what @rgay got for her highest advance. #publishingpaidme $400,000 for How to Fall in Love with Anyone. I've written an essay about this (forthcoming) but I want to say more here:
The advance worked like this: Once my agent took his cut, I received $85,000 a year for four years. Converted to Canadian Dollars that was about $100K, which Google tells me is about what the average physiotherapist in my city earns.
