Read for yourself - http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/an-open-letter-to-simon-and-schuester-ceo-carolyn-reidy http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/an-open-letter-to

Read for yourself - http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/an-open-letter-to-simon-and-schuester-ceo-carolyn-reidy http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/an-open-letter-to-simon-and... I think it was raw, honest, and necessary. Maybe too mean? But again, it was 100% true. > If it's "pay back the advance plus a million dollars because we feel like being unreasonable", that's a completely different story of course. Ah, you missed the context. My agent was telling me that if I don't shut up and agree to terms immediately, I have to pay back his share of the advance to the publishing house. And I negotiated him up after he signed me from the standard 15% to 25% because I like people to be well-played. He didn't address when things were bad, forced bad terms in the contract to go through, didn't negotiate in my favor, and now threatened me... the whole industry is scummed up, man. People need to know what really happens - there's lots of stories like this, but most get hushed up. > But it's definitely pegging my crazyometer. Yeah, mine too. But don't you have to be a little crazy to walk away from a guaranteed $42,900 and fight a multi-billion dollar corporation with a massive legal team?