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“I wasn’t hoping to continue to work in magazines and also publish books on the side. I wanted this to be my full-time job. I didn’t want to be living a starving artist life, either. It sounds vague, but I wanted something big. I didn’t pin a number on it. When the offer came in from Simon & Schuster, it was high six figures. I knew without my agent having to tell me this was a very good offer. My husband was excited. My parents were excited. There was a lot of excitement.”
That’s Jessica Knoll, author of Luckiest Girl Alive and The Favorite Sister (and apparently a bunch of screenplays!). What did I learn from this piece with the enticing headline “How to Be a Writer and Still Get Really, Really Rich”? She planned, she wrote, she made sure her books would sell, and now she’s raking in royalties.
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