Walker: Funded debut cookbook from personal savings with zero advance
Danielle Walker · HIBT Lab! Against All Grain: Danielle Walker · Oct 6, 2022 · at 28:56
Author Danielle Walker describes the financial realities of writing and producing her 2013 debut cookbook Against All Grain to Guy Raz.
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“I really poured not only our savings into it, because I didn't get an advance but also all my time and all my energy”
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