Mint Julep Murder (1995)
“Jimmy Jay Crabtree smacked the table and shifted the wad of chewing tobacco in his right cheek with his tongue. “That’s a mother lode of crap, Harold. No way am I going to accept less than a half mil.”
“You aren’t selling, Jimmy Jay. That’s the bottom line. The returns on your book are running around eighty percent. You’re lucky they’re even willing to talk a new contract. And Buzzy’s not positive he can get it by the editorial board even if your advance is cut in half.” A thoughtful pause. “Tr...uth is, things go in cycles in publishing, Jimmy Jay. Limbaugh. Grisham. Nobody could believe their sales figures. Outer space. So everybody started publishing down-home think pieces and lawyer books. Limbaugh and Grisham are still at the top of the charts.”
Jimmy Jay waited.
But his agent didn’t go ahead to say the obvious: The clones weren’t coming through. Readers wanted the real thing.
Jimmy Jay’s mean little mouth closed in a tight hard line. He couldn’t trust himself not to fire Harold on the spot.MoreLess
“You aren’t selling, Jimmy Jay. That’s the bottom line. The returns on your book are running around eighty percent. You’re lucky they’re even willing to talk a new contract. And Buzzy’s not positive he can get it by the editorial board even if your advance is cut in half.” A thoughtful pause. “Tr...uth is, things go in cycles in publishing, Jimmy Jay. Limbaugh. Grisham. Nobody could believe their sales figures. Outer space. So everybody started publishing down-home think pieces and lawyer books. Limbaugh and Grisham are still at the top of the charts.”
Jimmy Jay waited.
But his agent didn’t go ahead to say the obvious: The clones weren’t coming through. Readers wanted the real thing.
Jimmy Jay’s mean little mouth closed in a tight hard line. He couldn’t trust himself not to fire Harold on the spot.MoreLess
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