Five Ways to Cheat the Devil
Sure, the most obvious option is to take the standard contract, but as many of us have learned the hard way, the standard contract isn’t usually the best deal you can get.
Heather Shaw is a writer, editor, gardener and aikidoka living in Berkeley, California with her husband and son. She’s had her work appear in Strange Horizons, Polyphony, The Year’s Best Fantasy, Escape Pod and other nice places. She just finished her first middle-grade novel, Keaton T., Junior Gene Hacker, and is looking for representation. For more, visit heathershaw.org.
Sure, the most obvious option is to take the standard contract, but as many of us have learned the hard way, the standard contract isn’t usually the best deal you can get.