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Zoonart

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1. Twas ever thus... glad the screen writers are fighting back.

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Fri Apr 19, 2019, 09:21 AM

Apr 2019

It seems that only on camera talent is respected.

I am a painter and author. As a painter, when I have a gallery exhibition, The gallery gets 50% and my agent gets 15%, which leaves me 35%. After overhead, my profit is very small.

As an author, I was told a couple of years ago by the regional manager of Barnes and Nobel for NY, that if a new author does not have established name recognition, it is impossible to sell books if they do not have a TV presence. Self-publish and you spend 60% of your time self promoting on social media.

The old saying between artists is: "I have all the respect I can eat."

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Wow, the Writers Guild vs. Talent Agencies feud is getting nasty [View all] mainer Apr 2019 OP

Twas ever thus... glad the screen writers are fighting back. Zoonart Apr 2019 #1

More info on how private equity firms hurt working writers mainer Apr 2019 #2

I'm a literary manager in Hollywood and everyone is on the WGA's side here. TeamPooka Apr 2019 #3

I love my Hollywood agent mainer Apr 2019 #5

Superb Los Angeles Times piece on this: "INSANE!" mainer Apr 2019 #4