The $1 million -- $10,000? $100? -- question
Camille, Gail, and "Tales from the Slush Pile" have gotten me to thinking:
When kids ask how much money an author makes, how much is their question about arriving at a specific figure, how much is it about determining whether writing would be a realistic way for them to make a living, and how much is it about just figuring out where in the financial hierarchy of public figures a children's author ranks?
If it's mostly the latter, wouldn't the right answer be, "Less than anyone else you've ever heard of"?
When kids ask how much money an author makes, how much is their question about arriving at a specific figure, how much is it about determining whether writing would be a realistic way for them to make a living, and how much is it about just figuring out where in the financial hierarchy of public figures a children's author ranks?
If it's mostly the latter, wouldn't the right answer be, "Less than anyone else you've ever heard of"?
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