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Did Patrick S. Tomlinson get dropped by his publisher?

FurBurger

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There were a couple of in-depth breakdowns of his income on v2 of this forum - one from me, and I think Mewler(?) had done a bigger, more in-depth one earlier.

From memory, he had a deal for a trilogy of books with Tor - Gay Crashers, Starship Retard... and then when they didn't sell, he switched trilogies to his "Mil-Spec" one - In The Black, In The Red.... wait, they weren't interested in that second one. Trilogy over, thanks for playing.

He's been "on-spec" (unemployed) since December 2019, and it takes 12-18 months for a book to get published (I've checked that with actual Tor authors) and start earning royalties, soooooo....

It's not looking good for Captain Hogthrob.
 
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There were a couple of in-depth breakdowns of his income on v2 of this forum - one from me, and I think Mewler(?) had done a bigger, more in-depth one earlier.

From memory, he had a deal for a trilogy of books with Tor - Gay Crashers, Starship Retard... and then when they didn't sell, he switched trilogies to his "Mil-Spec" one - In The Black, In The Red.... wait, they weren't interested in that second one. Trilogy over, thanks for playing.

He's been "on-spec" (unemployed) since December 2019, and it takes 12-18 months for a book to get published (I've checked that with actual Tor authors) and start earning royalties, soooooo....

It's not looking good for Captain Hogthrob
But hey, he was lounging on his couch at 10 a.m. on a weekday so you can see he's really working hard on that next project.
 
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