Ten months after being named the « Hot Writer » of 2000 by Rolling Stone, I was writing promotional copy for Weight Watchers. I needed the money, they asked, I delivered. Last September, the day before leaving on tour for my first novel, I turned in a $750 essay about the joys of Passover to a magazine published by 1-800-FLOWERS.
Neal Pollack, author and reader of Salon.com, responds to a controversial article written by a midlist author complaining about the hardships of publishing.
