Big or Little Advance?

John Green is discussing which is better: a big or little advance? These contract issues are vitally important. Which would you prefer?

Upswing

Children’s Books Beating the Recession?
What’s the state of children’s publishing?
Harold Underdown, The Purple Crayon website, has reported on the economic turmoil in publishing of late 2008 and into early 2009.
Publishing, especially books for kids, is on the upswing? So say a couple of postings:

JIll Cocoran, Literary Agent at the Herman Agency pulls out quotes from [...]

Chapters

This entry is part 2 of 13 in the series How to Write a NovelWhat is the Best Length for Novel Chapters?
How long are your chapters? How long is long enough or too long?
In his book, , action/adventure author, David Morrell (creator of the Rambo character, among others), says he tries to write short chapters, [...]