Juliangel
Georgia's Juiciest Peach, ...and my nectar dribble
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I picked up a copy of Reader's Digest today and there is a story in it that shows what you can do if you work hard believe in yourself and do your best.
It is how a man got his start. In 1973 he, his wife and two kids were living in a double wide trailer and driving a Buick with transmission problems.
She was working at Dunkin' Donuts and he had been working a job at a laundry for $1.60 an hour but was now a teacher making $6500 a year.
He started writing a book but threw it away thinking it wasn't good but his wife pulled it out and told him to finish it. He did and sent it off four months later. He received a telegram that he was to get a $2500 advance for the hardback. It came by way of telegraph because they had no phone. They moved to an apartment got a phone and bought a new car.
They discussed what the paperback rights might go for, his contract specified a 50/50 split. They were hoping it would go for $40,000 to $60,000 so they would get $20,000 to $30,000.
Finally the call came and he was told the rights sold for $400,000(yes four hundred thousand) and their split was to be $200,000 and that is how Stephen King got his start with his first novel Carrie.
It is how a man got his start. In 1973 he, his wife and two kids were living in a double wide trailer and driving a Buick with transmission problems.
She was working at Dunkin' Donuts and he had been working a job at a laundry for $1.60 an hour but was now a teacher making $6500 a year.
He started writing a book but threw it away thinking it wasn't good but his wife pulled it out and told him to finish it. He did and sent it off four months later. He received a telegram that he was to get a $2500 advance for the hardback. It came by way of telegraph because they had no phone. They moved to an apartment got a phone and bought a new car.
They discussed what the paperback rights might go for, his contract specified a 50/50 split. They were hoping it would go for $40,000 to $60,000 so they would get $20,000 to $30,000.
Finally the call came and he was told the rights sold for $400,000(yes four hundred thousand) and their split was to be $200,000 and that is how Stephen King got his start with his first novel Carrie.
