the business end

A couple of rather long posts on the business side of writing that it wouldn’t have occurred to me to write, so I share them with you.

Jeaniene Frost on how much money writers make.

Justine Musk on hustling for the next check. Well, that’s not quite how she puts it. Her post is about writing a series, writing mass markets where you really only get one chance to make a splash, the nuts and bolts of the business where you’re only as good as your last set of numbers.

These experiences line up with mine pretty well. I’ve been writing full time for just over a year, since my third book came out and the first two started earning royalties.