I spend a TON of my time in revision and editing, but I also plot/plan well.I don’t publish frequently, probably about 4 books a year, even though I *can* write 3K words a day, I don’t most of the time.hit 8K/month a couple years ago on the back of a sequel + bookbub deal for the next book on preorder… but got distracted, have *still* yet to finish a series so I’ve never really been able to scale/advertise profitably… but I do plan to change that this year and finish 3 series. ![]() Second, I started publishing over 5 years ago, so… that 20K of profit represents about 4K a year. Probably only 20% of that is actual profit. MILESTONE: Almost six-figures lifetime earnings… AMAġ00K+ in book sales so though I’d share some *insights*.įirst, I spent a lot on ads, covers, editing, platform etc. That doesn’t mean the advice here isn’t good, I’ve been building a wide and deep platform so I can scale fast once I finish some series. ![]() Key takeaways: I’m basically still a starving artist, despite having made six figures with my writing, because it’s spread over 5 years and I spend a ton of money. It IS a problem, that most online social forums become an echo-chamber of inexperienced writers giving each other advice, and aren’t welcoming to more experienced writers – not something I can fix but something you should be aware of if you’re trying to get feedback or answers: you may hear a lot of the same, crowdsourced, bad advice. The answers are really good, so I wish more newbie authors had had a chance to read it all, but I’ll leave them here in the hopes that somebody finds value in them. But I saved the post, and the questions and answers, so I could repost it here. That’s OK, group monitors have an obligation to follow rules and be strict. Then a moderator shut it down and removed the thread. It was going well at first, got over 300 upvotes in a few hours and 60+ comments. ![]() I was nervous, because Redditors can be hostile, but having frequented the site more recently, I knew a LOT of writers were struggling with some pretty basic, common writing and publishing questions. This evening I realized I’m (now over) 100K in lifetime book sales, so I set up an “ask me anything” thread on Reddit’s largest writing group.
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