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Writer. Whirlwind of murder, dog hair & gingham. Rep: Jim McCarthy
May 23, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
I know a spreadsheet sounds fancy, but it's just a list keeping track of sub rights by: country, publisher, advance, royalties if there are any, if the book was sold at auction and any other bidders (and their offers). Keeping a really simple spreadsheet like this is really helpful for me because I'm bad at keeping numbers in my head. So if I have it all in one place I can more easily keep track of everything and how much the sub rights were in total.
May 23, 2023 50 tweets 10 min read
Today I'm gonna take you through a round of book submission because I've seen a lot of questions about it and how it works. So we're gonna go through the lead up, the agent revision, the sub list, the process and the result! Also: oatmeal. For searching ease.

This round of submission was for a book proposal, not a full book. This is something that you can do as an established writer: submit on proposal vs. writing a full book and then submitting it. Not everyone likes doing it this way.
May 21, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
My publisher does not have my film rights, so they have no cut and no say. Obviously, they're gonna be like "yay!" if you option film rights because that's great!

I have a lit agent, a film agent and an entertainment attorney who all take their cut and they 100% earn it! In terms of the money that comes with optioning your work, there can be a really big range and my options were skewed very high because they were both bought in competitive situations, which can drive the price up, like it can in a book auction.