On his blog, science fiction writer John Scalzi discusses his writing income for 2006. It pretty interesting.
One thing of note is that he started his writing career in 1999 with a shareware novel. What this means is he published a novel on his website to be freely read by anyone who wished to do so.
Oh yeah, I’m still here.
boy, what i wouldn’t give to make HALF of what he makes…
oh to be a professional writer, instead of a professional whiner.
Daniel, just checked out that link you gave. It certainly makes interesting reading and I love this line:
“So although Old Man’s War was published in January 2005, I waited seventeen months to get my first royalty check.”
17 months for a royalty check! Not what you would call a get rich quick scheme.
But the numbers over time made some very instructive reading. Keep plugging at it, I guess, and it will come. There’s a lesson there for all of us (applies to a lot of life’s activities, too).
Thanks for these links. Anything having to do with writing always interests me.
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