tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post2194899752606536109..comments2023-08-15T10:45:19.156+01:00Comments on Bucolic Frolics: Ra-Ra-Royalties!!!!Christina Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456081711848597668noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-7704051207821699982008-10-20T00:25:00.000+01:002008-10-20T00:25:00.000+01:00Ray-Anne - hi, lovely to see you here - and many, ...Ray-Anne - hi, lovely to see you here - and many, many congrats on the book deal. Your first published book is like your first love - heady, wonderful and never, ever forgotten. Enjoy every minute of it - oh, and well done on being astute enough to read the bit in your contract about royalty percentages!!! I do wish I'd been that smart with mine - sigh... And I hope you get snapped up by Germany too and start raking in the Euros!!!<BR/><BR/>hi Julie - and great to hear from you - I do read your blog so I know what's going on in your world. Hopefully your contract will give you some idea of what royalties you'll be paid - presumably as you're not having an advance you'll make something from each book sold and the contract should tell you how much that will be - if it doesn't then I'd suggest you ask pdq!<BR/><BR/>nerdsnark - thanks for the congrats - and even more for the understanding! I hope my foolish fancies about royalties (and a lot of other things in the publishing biz) will help others from falling into the same delusional trap - big sigh... My blog intention is to be as honest and open as possible about my writing life - a true warts an' all account even if it is painful (to me!)Christina Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456081711848597668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-66197302455514413362008-10-19T17:42:00.000+01:002008-10-19T17:42:00.000+01:00First, congratulations. Second, thanks for being h...First, congratulations. Second, thanks for being honest about the process. Not many people know that's how the biz is. I was the same until I received my first royalty check.NerdSnarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02239376650316446684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-20446558482511485242008-10-17T16:53:00.000+01:002008-10-17T16:53:00.000+01:00Now I know how royalties are paid if you get an ad...Now I know how royalties are paid if you get an advance, but I wonder if they get paid the same way if you don't get an advance, like me. Will find out next year after my first children's book is published. Welcome to blog land Christina.Julie Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10370540030678282595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-66667899370979502822008-10-17T16:30:00.000+01:002008-10-17T16:30:00.000+01:00Congratulations on finally getting royalties, and ...Congratulations on finally getting royalties, and welcome to blog land. This is the first time that I knew you had a blog (saw a link on Philippa Ashley's blog) and had to come over to say hi. Now I know how royalties work if you get an advance. I wonder how it works if you don't get an advance like me. We shall have to see next year after my first children's book is published.Julie Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10370540030678282595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-51557485920802918462008-10-17T08:15:00.000+01:002008-10-17T08:15:00.000+01:00Hiya - I have come to your blog from Phillipa, and...Hiya - I have come to your blog from Phillipa, and this is SO useful. I have just signed my very first contract for a book out next July.... the percentages were the very thing I focused on LOL. I can only hope I get published in Germany!<BR/>Thanks again for the post - brilliant news. All the best, Ray-AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-56018635046608862132008-10-16T17:18:00.000+01:002008-10-16T17:18:00.000+01:00phillipa - dreams CAN and DO and WILL come true!!!...phillipa - dreams CAN and DO and WILL come true!!! Oooh, and if I REALLY started blogging about the reality of being a published writer we'd probably all be carted off screaming...<BR/><BR/>taggy - oh, thank you for that!!! What a star you are! I have so little confidence about my books - you've honestly made my day!!! And DON'T encourage me to spend any more of it!!! I've already bought more ear-rings and booked a holiday! Thanks as well for having Happy Birthday for Christmas - I really, really hope you'll like it.<BR/><BR/>nell - you're telling me!!! Still think it's a mistake...Christina Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456081711848597668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-10322681496302156612008-10-16T15:09:00.000+01:002008-10-16T15:09:00.000+01:00Royalties are always a cause for celebration since...Royalties are always a cause for celebration since they appear to be as mythical as the Easter bunny in print publishing.Nell Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346808072962615721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-49566208240191534772008-10-16T12:48:00.000+01:002008-10-16T12:48:00.000+01:00Great news. Tou deserve any royalties. Draw ever...Great news. Tou deserve any royalties. Draw everything out, have a great spending spree and hell to the overdraft and bills. Why everyone has not gone out and brought your books I do not know. They are unputdownable. Hubby moans that he has to cook his own tea!!!!. Well done again and cannot wait till Xmas when someone is buying me Happy Birthdaytaggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12350923838491023050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-38429078018314569722008-10-16T10:17:00.000+01:002008-10-16T10:17:00.000+01:00Oh In my dreams, in my dreams! Congratulations Chr...Oh In my dreams, in my dreams! Congratulations Chris and also thanks on explaining what REALLY goes on in publishing land.<BR/><BR/>PxPhillipahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327571607067476569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-23631234757212510072008-10-14T20:08:00.000+01:002008-10-14T20:08:00.000+01:00PS ... Grab the money and run!!M xxxPS ... Grab the money and run!!<BR/><BR/>M xxxMargaret McDonaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311554155441835957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-23503075199299997202008-10-14T20:06:00.000+01:002008-10-14T20:06:00.000+01:00I was so shocked and delighted earlier that I forg...I was so shocked and delighted earlier that I forgot to say that I'm dead excited at all the extra ice creams you can down on my behalf next time you go to Jersey!!!!! All those flavours!!!<BR/><BR/>Lots of love,<BR/>Mags xxxMargaret McDonaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311554155441835957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-72923921248091764422008-10-14T19:50:00.000+01:002008-10-14T19:50:00.000+01:00mags - the bank actually phoned to tell me I'd had...mags - the bank actually phoned to tell me I'd had this money deposited today and asked if it was a mistake! That's how stunned they were! Lovely to know they have so much faith in my writing career... I'm still not sure it's mine, actually, and keep wondering if I should withdraw it before the error is discovered...Christina Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456081711848597668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-61650613390774715972008-10-14T14:59:00.000+01:002008-10-14T14:59:00.000+01:00debs - thank you - it was a lovely suprise. Of cou...debs - thank you - it was a lovely suprise. Of course you'll need to know about it - it's just better to be forewarned so that you don't make the mistakes I did WHEN your first book comes out...<BR/><BR/>tam - welcome to the offically depressed club... it's a bloody stupid business. My royalty statements (they send them even if you haven't earned anything just to show you how few books you've actually sold and REALLY cheer you up) ALWAYS say I still owe money to the publisher. I'm in negative equity right across the publishing world... sigh...<BR/><BR/>mummy - thanks - I bought myself a pair of bling ear-rings to wear at the Manc Lit Fest and smiled all the way home.<BR/><BR/>jan - many congrats on the Hale book. I've seen the cover on your blog and it's gorgeous. It's things like that that make us carry on writing, I suppose - it certainly ain't the money...Christina Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456081711848597668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-66850869621745280132008-10-14T14:51:00.000+01:002008-10-14T14:51:00.000+01:00Superb stuff! And what a fabulous surprise. I'm ...Superb stuff! And what a fabulous surprise. I'm thrilled to bits for you. Does your bank manager need the paramedics for emergency resuscitation?! Enjoy every moment of it and I hope this is just the first of many more to come. You deserve it - so do your books.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and by the way, you could NEVER be a smug cow!<BR/><BR/>Lots of love,<BR/>Mags xxxMargaret McDonaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311554155441835957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-80633450467101539722008-10-14T14:04:00.000+01:002008-10-14T14:04:00.000+01:00How wonderful, Chris!My latest royalty statement s...How wonderful, Chris!<BR/><BR/>My latest royalty statement showed that I'd sold 8 copies in the last six months - thus reducing the sum I owed to publisher to £94.<BR/><BR/>It's a glamorous life, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Otoh, I have just received copies of my Hale book today and it's sooooo sexy and gorgeous that I've fallen in love with writing all over again.Jan Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471022034388834235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-48401756169420118842008-10-14T13:48:00.000+01:002008-10-14T13:48:00.000+01:00that's fantastic Christina!! Go buy yourself a HU...that's fantastic Christina!! Go buy yourself a HUGE coffee :) Gut!Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754036163763172951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-61654309082957128572008-10-14T13:23:00.000+01:002008-10-14T13:23:00.000+01:00So even if I get a publishing deal I still won't g...So even if I get a publishing deal I still won't get any money????<BR/><BR/>I'm officially depressed.Tamsyn Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08041502244181924265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457140200247424636.post-18086996505201980312008-10-14T13:06:00.000+01:002008-10-14T13:06:00.000+01:00Congratulation on receiving all those £££'s or rat...Congratulation on receiving all those £££'s or rather Euros, brilliant news. How wonderful.<BR/><BR/>Thanks too for explaining how it works, even if I never have to know about it, it's still interesting. :)Deborah Carr (Debs)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03223653554549707595noreply@blogger.com