Stephanie Booth

"I went through some of this a couple of years back when I was planning to write a book on teenagers and the internet, in French. After many months of not getting started on it, I realized that I just couldn’t relax enough to dive into such a daunting project whilst I was worrying about making ends meet. So, I started thinking and asking around, trying to figure out if it was realistic to hope for an advance that might cover my essential needs for six months or so, the time I thought I needed to research and write the book. Boy, was I mistaken. I actually went to the Frankfurt book fair to meet some editors and speak to people \in the industry\. The conclusion was: fuggedaboutit. As a first-time author, with a book idea which was probably not going to be a best-seller, there was very little chance of me interesting an editor before the book was written (let alone getting an advance, what was I dreaming about?). I’d be happy to find an editor to publish it once it was written. An author..." - Stephanie Booth

"I went through some of this a couple of years back when I was planning to write a book on teenagers and the internet, in French. After many months of not getting started on it, I realized that I just couldn’t relax enough to dive into such a daunting project whilst I was worrying about making ends meet. So, I started thinking and asking around, trying to figure out if it was realistic... more... - Stephanie Booth

"Tu abordes le problème que connaissent bien les pionniers et autres vieux de la vieille: quand quelque chose commence à devenir “tendance” ou à être populaire, et que tout un chacun cherche à avoir sa part de gâteau (en s’auto-proclamant expert, parmi d’autres stratégies) — comment faisons-nous (j’assume ce nous) pour nous différencier de tous les “viennent-ensuite” un peu opportunistes qui jouent peut-être mieux le jeu de l’auto-promotion? C’est la question que je me posais cet été dans “What Do We Call Ourselves” (http://climbtothestars.org/archive...) — quand le mot “expert” a été vidé de son sens, ou que l’expression “social media consultant” signifie “je sais ouvrir un compte Twitter et je blogue depuis six mois”… qu’est-ce qui nous reste?" - Stephanie Booth