For those of you lovelies out there who are planning on making a million bucks from your novel, here is about the sum of it. This is my first-ever royalty check for Miracle Girls. Remember my advance for the sale of the book was zero dollars and zero cents. And it costs a bundle to submit to first-novel prizes to try to extend the life of the book. So....I'm basically in the hole. Minus $15.90. Need I say more?
Thanks for the reality check. We don't do it for the money, but money would be nice!
ReplyDeleteWhy did you not receive an advance on the book?
ReplyDeleteSmall press book. No advanced offered.
ReplyDeleteThis was the first year I reported income from writing -- really five years after my novel was published. The total in my self-employment form for royalties: $111. Thank Big-Bang that I kept my day job.
ReplyDeleteMy last royalty check was for 10 cents. I'm not kidding. It was for an e-book. Clearly, I am not motivated by money LMAO
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