HAS WINNING THE LANNAN FOUNDATION AWARD & THE COSTA MADE A DIFFERENCE?
Of course. The Lannan people are highly undemanding and they give you a big chunk of change you can tuck away to stave off the coming Economic Collapse of Everything. The Costa people are good at publicising the books (without trashing them, or engineering controversy) and they also give you a chunk of money. The subsequent sales generated will mean I can dodge having my advance cut again – it was the last time. So I get a bit of breathing space. And everyone on earth wants me to write their Op Eds for them, to attend their festival, or …. Mustn’t grumble… breathing space is nice. I like breathing.
