Why I’m Financing My Own Book Advance This Time Around

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I’ve been sitting on an idea for a new novel for nearly seven years now. This idea, which would be my fourth novel if accepted for publication, will be a big novel that will require at least a year of research, which is another way of saying that it will be expensive for me to write.

In the nonfiction world, I could try to sell the book on a “proposal” — a hefty document…