Aspiring Novelist Pt 02
That first night during dinner her mom, tears flowing, handed newly graduated Billie Summers, MA, a check for $30,000, being a return of Billie’s big advance payment for her first novel. That return of money reminded Billie of the big gamble Sam Sorensen had taken on her in over-spending on a new author’s advance but happily that investment had been returned several times over by that one novel. Her father, voice sounding thick, spoke about Billie performing such a huge gesture by stumping...