Review: I also would like "One Thousand Dollars A Word"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 16, 2013
It is a very familiar plight for just about any writer. James “Jim” Trevathan wants a raise and after twenty years he doesn't think it is unwarranted. He is a writer for a magazine edited by Warren Jukes. Jim has been placing stories nearly every month for over twenty years and still gets only 5 cents a word. He wants and deserves more.Editor Warren Jukes isn't prepared to pay more. In his mind there is no need. If Jim wants more money he better produce more stories each month. Or, he can just hit the road as Warren isn't about to pay more no matter how much he likes the guy.What Jim will do to get his raise is what drives the second half of this simple, and yet complicated at the same time, story. Sure to touch a nerve with any writer, One Thousand Dollars A Word” is way too real. It is also a very good crime story that first was published in 1978 in AHMM.The book also contains chapter one from Lawrence Block's latest book The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons.Material was picked up during the author’s free read promotion for my use in an objective review.Kevin R. Tipple 2013