http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/07/15/evelyn-waugh/ A National Blog of Literature & Discussion Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:47:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/07/15/evelyn-waugh/#comment-3300 Josh Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:47:02 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=2614#comment-3300 Thanks, Andy -- the inflation calculator tells me that $25 in 1934 would be about $400 today. That's about 15 cents a word in today's money -- for Evelyn Waugh! Thanks, Andy — the inflation calculator tells me that $25 in 1934 would be about $400 today. That’s about 15 cents a word in today’s money — for Evelyn Waugh!

]]> http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/07/15/evelyn-waugh/#comment-3297 Waldo Jaquith Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:55:02 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=2614#comment-3297 Thank you, Andy! Thank you, Andy!

]]> http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/07/15/evelyn-waugh/#comment-3295 Andy Shelden Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:20:59 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=2614#comment-3295 Josh - VQR paid Waugh its standard 1934 rate for "The Rough Life": $5 per printed page. That comes to $25-30, depending on the final layout. I don't think VQR was in the habit of commissioning essays from writers in the 1920's & 30's - I've yet to find an essay from the first ten years of the magazine that was written on advance. I suspect that writing on advance is a rather modern development in VQR's history. So travel writers like Waugh would have to fund their expeditions themselves, without any guarantee of return on their investment. Josh – VQR paid Waugh its standard 1934 rate for “The Rough Life”: $5 per printed page. That comes to $25-30, depending on the final layout. I don’t think VQR was in the habit of commissioning essays from writers in the 1920′s & 30′s – I’ve yet to find an essay from the first ten years of the magazine that was written on advance. I suspect that writing on advance is a rather modern development in VQR’s history. So travel writers like Waugh would have to fund their expeditions themselves, without any guarantee of return on their investment.

]]> http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/07/15/evelyn-waugh/#comment-3287 Josh Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:16:13 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=2614#comment-3287 Hey Waldo -- Many thanks for the reply and the effort; I hope something turns up. Hey Waldo — Many thanks for the reply and the effort; I hope something turns up.

]]> http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/07/15/evelyn-waugh/#comment-3285 Waldo Jaquith Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:24:17 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=2614#comment-3285 My understanding of the record-keeping here at UVA is that our financial records are kept in a wholly separate place than our editorial records (both of which are part of the library's great big archival system), so I'd be surprised if this came up over the course of the research for this piece. I'll ask around the office here, though, and if we get a number I'll follow up here and e-mail you with it. My understanding of the record-keeping here at UVA is that our financial records are kept in a wholly separate place than our editorial records (both of which are part of the library’s great big archival system), so I’d be surprised if this came up over the course of the research for this piece. I’ll ask around the office here, though, and if we get a number I’ll follow up here and e-mail you with it.

]]> http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/07/15/evelyn-waugh/#comment-3284 Josh Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:09:06 +0000 http://www.vqronline.org/blog/?p=2614#comment-3284 This may be too much to ask, but is there a record of how much he was paid for the piece by VQR? It would be an interesting comparison point to contemporary travel writing. This may be too much to ask, but is there a record of how much he was paid for the piece by VQR? It would be an interesting comparison point to contemporary travel writing.

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