They also get to specify which audio changes they’d like before the book is released. Typically, Authors have a say in how the narrator sounds. With a production company, Authors pay a flat fee, a per-finished-hour rate (PFH), or, in rarer cases, a portion of future royalties in exchange for an audio version of their book. They aren’t looking for a traditional publisher, a.k.a., a company that buys and controls the rights to the book. Most self-published Authors are in the market for a production company, a.k.a., a company that helps them produce an audiobook. With her keen observations and trademark ability to bring complex women to life on the page, Curtis Sittenfeld explores the neurosis-inducing and heart-fluttering wonder of love, while slyly dissecting the social rituals of romance and gender relations in the modern age.There’s a big difference between a “publisher” and a “production company.” And in real life, someone like him would never date someone like her.
But this isn’t a romantic comedy-it’s real life. Dazzled by his charms, Sally hits it off with Noah instantly, and as they collaborate on one sketch after another, she begins to wonder if there might actually be sparks flying.
Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch called the Danny Horst Rule, poking fun at this phenomenon while underscoring how unlikely it is that the reverse would ever happen for a woman.Įnter Noah Brewster, a pop music sensation with a reputation for dating models, who signed on as both host and musical guest for this week’s show. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she’s long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life.īut when Sally’s friend and fellow writer Danny Horst begins dating Annabel, a glamorous actress who guest-hosted the show, he joins the not-so-exclusive group of talented but average-looking and even dorky men at the show-and in society at large-who’ve gotten romantically involved with incredibly beautiful and accomplished women. Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, a late-night live comedy show that airs every Saturday. But could it be this time?”- The Washington Post The woman narrating Romantic Comedy is hyper-aware of the conventions of romantic comedy, and she knows full well that real life is no fairy tale. A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions-a “smart, sophisticated, and fun” ( Oprah Daily) novel from the author of Eligible, Rodham, and Prep.
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