#how authors get paid

[lilyionamackenzie]

Huge thanks to Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop for this excellent piece on "How, What and When Book Authors Get Paid"

The Royal(ty) Lesson I’m reposting this newsletter that I sent out over a year ago in case some of my newer readers missed it. I continue to get questions on the royalty system, both in traditional publishing, and in the newer forms from independent presses to hybrid to self-publishing. I hope this math lesson helps a little to clarify matters. I’ve learned over the years that many readers, fans…

[inamagicalhallucination]

i know i say that atsushi likes to spend his extra cash on kyouka but i also dont think kyouka lives there for "free" like she could, atsushi wouldn't mind, but i feel like it makes more sense for her to contribute since its not like atsushi's rolling in cash

maybe atsushi wouald be hesitant at a 50-50 thing becuz she's so little and he cares so much about her but i dont believe its 0-100 ya know?

[fromtheseventhhell]

I’ll never forget how insecure Stansa’s got when the Key Five was revealed, complained about it and then to cope they created the ‘Core Six’ and actually ties into their continuous stream of passing of fanon as canon and at the same time being the usual delusional bunch they’ve always been

What's really funny is that they still confidently claim that the Key Five doesn't mean anything, solely because she isn't a part of it. The Core Six is a completely fanon invention but people talk about it like it's fact. They want her to be more important than she is so badly that they're straight up ignoring the author. And yes, until otherwise stated by George, the Key Five are still a thing. Tbh I'm not sure if there was ever a time that they engaged with the source material though? A lot of them came from the show (*cough*fanfiction) so that's where a majority of their takes are coming from. That's why we get people saying things like "Sansa charmed George off the page" or "Sansa took Arya's place as George's favorite Stark sister". They just desperately want the show to match up with the books. What's annoying is that her not being a part of the Key Five doesn't mean she isn't important, but people take it as hate towards her. It's sad that the only version of her they like is her fanon one.

[starbuck]

if anyone was wondering, i’m currently reading published RPF about F. Scott Fitzgerald for *checks notes* my job, so that’s how my life is going.

[dragonji]

have to be honest guys its actually going Really Badly again.

[oidheadh-con-culainn]

sometimes people online are like "wow can you believe that people who write professionally and rely on selling books to pay rent will think about the marketability of a book before they dedicate several months to writing it, to make sure it's a worthwhile investment of time and a good step for their career at this particular moment"

and it's like yeah hate to break it to you but it's almost like writing for a job is slightly different to writing as a hobby and sometimes you DO have to weigh up whether it's likely to help you pay the bills before you commit to a project

[isatoru]

guys i don't wanna ever hear you say you hate your writing when booktok exists. every time you say you hate your writing an angel loses its wings or wtv they say

[tallochar]

One of the quickest ways I can tell whether someone American has written a fic about UK key workers / government workers is if they have someone say that they "used up all their sick days".

[theragamuffininitiative]

Have you ever written fanfic where the source material is so obscure that you keep thinking of the MC as your OC?

I'm not talking about a major active fandom where you decide to play in the universe by giving the ultimate narrative to villager number 74 (this is also great!).

This is about a random book from the 30s you found in a thrift store that no one has ever heard of but got its beautiful claws into you.

This is about an early 2000s video game that bombed out but you played it at a friend's house and the worldbuilding won't let you sleep at night.

This is about an episode of 60s tv western that was supposed to be a spinoff into its own series that never manifested but dangit you love that character they introduced and the wildly unfinished story that was promised and forgotten long before you were born, and that MC might as well be your OC because nobody else is thinking about them anymore but they deserve it, and you are compelled to tell their story and make something complete that was incomplete, and you are more attached to this abandoned cowboy than any other character you have recently written.

-deep breath-

So yeah. Reblog if you can relate I guess.

[darkwood-sleddog]

been talking about it a lot on my personal blog, but the whole AI as a replacement for creative work makes me feel sick to my stomach and i just needed to share my feelings with the wider audience i have on this blog. like physically it makes me feel ill.

[sevenfists]

I've been reading your Sid/Geno fics and loving them, and then found your tumblr and was absolutely delighted to hear that you've written some profic as well (I have requested all of them from my library!) I'm sorry to hear your current WIP is giving you trouble, sending good vibes your way (and some hockey magic, if it is a hockey/hockey-adjacent work!)

Love to hear that you're getting them from the library!!! That's the entire reason I pulled them from Kindle Unlimited. Lol the WIP is unbearable MM sci-fi with at least three complicated subplots in addition to the main romance arc... my ambitions routinely exceed my talent. Someday I will figure out how to make all the pieces fit together.

[talentforlying]

naming one of my new icons 221b and feeling arthur conan doyle do a backflip in his grave.

[onepiexe]

bad week

[mejomonster]

To get good at telling stories... writing stories... one must... practice by writing stories ;-;

[rewritingcanon]

trying not to think about how the publishing market in australia is dead for fantasy novels and to get sales i should submit the manuscript to a british/american agent but if thats the case what the fuck is the point of me doing uni in aus and trying to network and if it gets good sales on the other side of the world how the fuck am i even gonna interact with it or help promote it when i live in AUSTRALIA

[oidheadh-con-culainn]

i might be getting slightly fed up of mean-spirited posts about authors, idk if you could tell