David lubar biography born october

It will be messy later on, too. Do you use a computer? I write on a computer. After I finish my first draft, I print out a copy so I can mark changes on it by hand. Editing on paper feels different from editing on a computer, so I like to do both. I put the changes into the computer file, then keep revising until I'm happy with the whole book. By the time I'm finished, I will probably have gone over the whole book at least eight or ten times.

I don't mind—revision is my favorite part of writing.

David lubar biography born october

What's the first thing you ever sold? I sold a joke to a place that buys jokes and then sells them to comedians. I made 75 cents. I still have the check. I keep it in my bathroom. After that, I sold some magazine articles, and then started selling short stories. How much money do you make? People never ask their doctor or their neighborhood cop this question, but writers are asked this all the time.

But since you asked, I'll reveal everything. Writers get paid a royalty. This is a percentage of the price of the book. For paperbacks, a typical royalty is 6 or 8 percent of the cover price. For hardcovers, it's ten percent. So every time you buy one of my paperback books, I earn about enough to buy a postage stamp. If you buy the book from a book club or book fair, I earn less, so I have to settle for a post card.

The more copies a book sells, the more I make. Some of this is paid ahead of time. That's called an advance. I earn extra money if a foreign publisher buys the rights to print the book in another language. I'll earn a lot of money as soon as a major studio realizes what a great movie one of my books would make. Do you do your own art work?

I wish I could, but I have no talent in that area. So who does your book covers? My publisher picks the cover artists. A guy couldn't ask for better artists. How long does it take you to write a book? That varies a lot. A first draft usually takes a month or two. But I do a lot of revising. I once wrote most of a book in four days. I'd gotten the idea for the Accidental Monsters series a week or two before Thanksgiving.

I was working at the time, so I decided to wait for the four-day holiday before getting started. I began to write the opening paragraph in my head, and I let the whole concept of the book bubble and perk in my brain until Thanksgiving. Then I sat down, and it all started pouring out. I wrote 5, words about a quarter of the book the first day, and had the book nearly finished by Sunday.

But I spent weeks revising and polishing it. On the other hand, I have some books I've dabbled with over a period of years. Real Name. Age Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Date Of Birth. Food Habits. Not Available. Education Qualification. In Centimeter: cm In Meter: 1. In Kilograms: 62 Kg In Pound: lbs. Body Measurements. Shoe Size.

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He is from NJ. David Lubar currently ages 65 years old. David Lubar keeps his personal and love life private. David married his wife around this time in He began writing for Creative Computing in In , Lubar was offered a job designing and programming video games in California. After realizing he still wanted to write, Lubar returned to writing in while still working as a developer.

By , he had sold six books, and the company he worked for had gone out of business. During and Lubar started programming for the Game Boy while putting writing to the side, but he returned to writing shortly after. From to , Lubar wrote short stories for various collections such as Ribbiting Tales , Lost and Found and Shattered.

Today, [ when? He has a daughter, Alison, who is a teacher. David Lubar Spring—Summer The Alan Review. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk.