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This is part three, click here to read part one and here for part two.
As soon as the book contract was in negotiations, I got to work on the manuscript. In fact, thank goodness I did because while negotiations started in October, I didn’t sign a final contract til March! By that point I was nearly finished with the book writing.
This is where an agent can be so crucial. My agent worked relentlessly on not only upping my advance (the money I’d receive upfront from the publisher), she also helped me understand the language and told me how some of the line items stacked up compared to other contracts she’s seen in the industry. She knew where there was wiggle room and what was standard and set in stone. She knew where we would want to press for more on something and what to not waste our time on.
By the time I signed the dotted line (only it wasn’t a piece of paper, it was an eDocument… and I signed it on a random weekday with no audience, no cool photo opp like the ones I’ve seen on social media), I felt informed, excited and eager to put this book baby out into the world. Little did I realize the hard part had only just begun!
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