How to Make a Living as a Writer by James Scott Bell

Author:James Scott Bell [Bell, James Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Compendium Press
Published: 2014-10-29T00:00:00+00:00

Law #5 – You Must Repeat Over and Over For the Rest of Your Life

Self-publishing is a volume business. The more quality (key word!) work you put out there, the better your chances of an increasing income stream.

How good are the chances?

Better than if you put all your hopes on one or two books. Don't fall into that trap. You will likely feel disappointed the first few turns around the track, because you've heard stories like this:

Bella Andre was a traditionally-published category romance writer in 2010. She'd done eight books for two different publishers without much financial success.

Self-publishing was just coming into its own, and at a friend's suggestion Andre decided to give it a try.

She uploaded her first ebook, Love Me, and priced it at $3.99. In one month she made $20,000, which was four times as much as any book contract she ever signed. She put up another ebook a few months later and it became the first self-published title to hit Amazon's top-25 best sellers list.

Andre was in the right place at the right time with the right product (romance) and the right work ethic. Between 2010 and 2014, Andre put out thirty––count 'em, thirty––ebooks. Her earnings over that time? All she will say is that it is in the "eight figures."

This is not a peak many writers will ever reach.

That should not discourage you. Because in the strata under people like Bella Andre and Hugh Howey are a large and increasing number of authors who are making very good money as writers.

Some of these choose to quit their day jobs.

Some are making enough for car payments or mortgages or the kids' educations.

And the great part about being a self-publishing writer is that no one can stop you.

You get to keep going. You get to keep trying. You get to keep getting better. You don't have to sit down with someone telling you you're not capable, that you should just quit, that you should go away and leave your dreams to others. You don't have to take that as long as you've got a keyboard and an imagination.

And in this way, you can never be defeated.

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