This is an essay published in The Atlantic 16 July 2014.
'Writers Can Do Anything : William T. Vollmann, author of Last Stories and Other Stories, explains why he works by an assassin's credo: "Nothing is true; all is permissible." '
"The last couple books I’ve written have had maximum-length provisions in the contracts. This had never happened before, but I couldn’t get them stricken from the contracts. So did the only thing I could: I just ignored them. This could mean that my book will be rejected, and I’ll have to pay my advance back, and a very unfortunate situation might develop. But I can’t let that outcome dictate what I want to do."
Lots of stuff here that might develop into a conversation. So, talk away. I'm cross=posting this also in The Dying Grass thread because he's got some Reveal about that forthcoming novel ; so comments about the novel can take place over there. Very intriguing!
'Writers Can Do Anything : William T. Vollmann, author of Last Stories and Other Stories, explains why he works by an assassin's credo: "Nothing is true; all is permissible." '
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainm...
"The last couple books I’ve written have had maximum-length provisions in the contracts. This had never happened before, but I couldn’t get them stricken from the contracts. So did the only thing I could: I just ignored them. This could mean that my book will be rejected, and I’ll have to pay my advance back, and a very unfortunate situation might develop. But I can’t let that outcome dictate what I want to do."
Lots of stuff here that might develop into a conversation. So, talk away. I'm cross=posting this also in The Dying Grass thread because he's got some Reveal about that forthcoming novel ; so comments about the novel can take place over there. Very intriguing!