By Bert Stratton | yiddishecup.com
(Editor’s note: Bert Stratton is the uncle of Jordon Rose, Rose Law Group founder and CEO, and Court Rich, partner, Rose Law Group.)
A New York editor wrote, “You should write a book. After reading your wonderful essay in The New York Times this morning, I’ve spent the last couple of hours reading everything you’ve written that I could find online. You root your essays in your personal experience, but they have a universal appeal.”
The editor concluded, “A humorous book about real estate would have tremendous commercial appeal.”
Yes! But what if I worked a year on the book, got a paltry advance, and only four people read the book? Besides, I’ve already published a book. I published a novel in the 1970s about sex and college. It was small press (my press). I gave a copy to Allen Ginsberg. You can find it on Google. A Cold Night in Ann Arbor.
