1. Chad Harbach got a $650,000 advance to write his debut novel, The Art of Fielding, which is #33 on the Best Sellers list this week.
2. He worked on the novel for 10 years, earning $20,000-$25,000 per year.
3. His novel constantly references Moby Dick, linking baseball and Melville's novel. He said, "A baseball team is a lot like a whaling ship: in each case, a group of men who might otherwise have little in common spend an inordinate amount of time in close and not-so-comfortable quarters, excluding the world, in pursuit of a common goal."
NY Times on The Art of Fielding
What makes “The Art of Fielding” so affecting is that it captures these people at that tipping point in their lives when their dreams, seemingly within reach, suddenly lurch out of their grasp (perhaps temporarily, perhaps forever), reminding them of their limitations and the random workings of fate.
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