First Novel Survey

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Friend and fellow DAW author Jim Hines (who is jimhines here on LJ) is doing a "First Novel Survey". I'll just let him explain it:

We talk a lot about how to sell that first novel, but it’s hard sometimes to draw any real conclusions on the best way to break in when all we’ve got is a lot of anecdotal data. Everyone’s path is different. The experience of someone who broke in twenty years ago might not match the realities of publishing today. For that matter, the experience of someone who broke in today might not match the realities of someone else who broke in today.

So, taking a page from Tobias Buckell and his first novel advance survey, I’ve put together a survey about selling that first novel. I would love it if anyone who has sold at least one novel (any genre, so long as it’s fiction) to a professional publisher (for at least a $2000 advance1) could take a few minutes to click the survey link and answer about a dozen questions. If you don’t have exact numbers, please give your best estimate.

So, if you fit the criterion, go HERE and take the survey. Since I teach creative writing (and novel) at a local university, I'm selfishly interested in the results of this survey -- it'll make great fodder for class discussion!