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What It's Like to Live Off an Author Advance

What It's Like to Live Off an Author Advance

And a couple mistakes I've made in doing so

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May 06, 2019
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So I’m lucky enough to have this six-figure advance that I’ve been living off of for the past few years (plus a few other smaller advances from other publishers, but that’s the big one). One thing I don’t hear about a lot is… if you do find yourself in a position to quit your day job, what does that end up looking like? How do you manage living off adva…

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