The day began with critiques of our reviews of Around the Horn. I thought my paper was pretty good. It was also first up on the critique. I had a bit of a problem connecting to the internet while we were given time to read the papers, so it was a bit of a relief that I could save some time by only reading the other two. However, when the critique started, several people said that it needed more opinion and less explaining of the show. Maybe it wasn't a good thing my paper was chosen. I also learned that the "b" in LeBron is capital. I felt better when I saw a decent grade on it, anyway. Hopefully, I can focus more on my opinion on my paper due tomorrow.
After the review of the next two, Professor Crothers talked to us about the book selling process. He told us about what he went through to get "The Man Watching," his first ever book, published. One publisher wouldn't sell it. Or they might if he cut it to make it about 25% shorter. A smaller one would publish it as is, but had a $5,000 advance before he would get any money. He still receives royalty statements every 6 months.
Professor Crothers also let us in on some secrets, such as the editorial reviews on the back cover of the book. They were more of statements that were approved by those individuals, rather than being written from scratch by them. Also, while he did not ask anybody to write a review for him on Amazon.com, most of the reviews were done by people he knows personally.
Tomorrow is my last day of class at Carolina. Donuts and we talk about our blogs. By the way, sounds like everyone else made a private blog, meaning I may be the only one to post mine on the internet. And you are reading it, along with about 87 other people as of the moment. I have photo blogs of my work and they don't pick up that fast. Thanks. While I'm at it...shameless plug...
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