Invest in Literature—and a Piece of the Brooklyn Bridge

Do you have a spare $2000.00 lying around the house? Why not send it to this untested fiction writer and receive a share of his entirely hypothetical profits?

In fact, I'm a relatively penniless writer too!

Thanks to good pal Sandy Pearlman for discovering this one!

Who We Are
Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over forty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. Contact Us

Comments

Isn't "penniless writer" a repetitive phrase? It's kind of like saying "lying politician" or "scumbag lawyer." We know that's what they are. No need to repeat it.

Posted by Alex on 08/08/08 at 08:04 PM

Alex--good point! Last time I bestirred myself to look, the stats on average writerly income hovered at about $5K per year.

Posted by Paul on 08/09/08 at 10:06 AM

Anne--We're supposed to look at the whole charade with postmodern irony, I expect. But it's still tacky, as you say.

Posted by Paul on 08/09/08 at 10:07 AM

Anne--online serials with a pay-per-chapter scheme are theoretically a very good idea--but even Stephen King failed to bring his off. Although that was a few years ago, and the internet is different now.

Good luck!

Posted by Paul on 08/09/08 at 11:37 AM

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