Comments on: The Making of A Six Figure Author: How Authors Evolve With Their Income https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-authors-evolve-with-their-income/ Promote your book to Written Word Media's audience of over one million readers. Read our blog for information on all things self-publishing. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:53:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 By: Jonathan Milligan: Writing a Book Series to Grow Your Business https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-authors-evolve-with-their-income/#comment-287744 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:53:03 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=63114#comment-287744 […] The Making of A Six Figure Author: How Authors Evolve With Their Income […]

]]> By: Wes https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-authors-evolve-with-their-income/#comment-273137 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:53:12 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=63114#comment-273137 An author friend of mine who left a successful consulting career once told me that chasing income as a writer can ironically kill the very creativity that drew them to writing in the first place. They went into it hoping to finally focus on their passion, but quickly found themselves back in the same cycle of metrics, marketing, and sales targets—just like their old consulting job. It’s almost like writing becomes another hustle, not the freedom they imagined. At some point, you have to wonder if the trade-off is worth it.

]]> By: Alan Hamid https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-authors-evolve-with-their-income/#comment-218513 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 03:11:51 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=63114#comment-218513 I am surprise to see that non of the authors mentioned any value to the reviews, such as amazon’s or PW or Kirkus. I know Kirkus and PW is mostly for retail, but what about amazon’s?

]]> By: FelJed https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-authors-evolve-with-their-income/#comment-199260 Sat, 05 Aug 2023 05:30:09 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=63114#comment-199260 When you do this survey again—ask what genre everyone is in. I would love to know if some of these high producers are in niche markets or popular ones.

]]> By: Cle Curbo https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-authors-evolve-with-their-income/#comment-188988 Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:34:30 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=63114#comment-188988 In reply to Monika.

Good point, Monica. The different genres would seem to naturally have varied marketing strengths and factors.

]]> By: Cle Curbo https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-authors-evolve-with-their-income/#comment-188987 Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:31:53 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=63114#comment-188987 In reply to Andy Halmay.

Interesting sales figures. I had a similar experience with my first nonfiction about the space economy. It wasn’t my best writing, but last year it sold more than previous years and without promos. The market is the universe. If you can work a corner of it, stick with it.

]]> By: Part-Time or Full-Time Self-Published Author? What Does it Take? — Self-Publishing Advice Center from the Alliance of Independent Authors https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-authors-evolve-with-their-income/#comment-188226 Mon, 29 May 2023 12:00:18 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=63114#comment-188226 […] the most successful ($100k+) authors do their own marketing (WrittenWordMedia survey). Yes, they bring in virtual assistants, but they don’t hand over the marketing reins. So […]

]]> By: Lydia Derhake https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-authors-evolve-with-their-income/#comment-171116 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 01:40:52 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=63114#comment-171116 Phenomenal information for an aspiring professional writer. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. Now to extrapolate…

]]> By: Clayton Noblit https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-authors-evolve-with-their-income/#comment-158605 Sat, 11 Feb 2023 17:14:00 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=63114#comment-158605 In reply to Julia Carol Folsom.

Hey Julia,

Promo sites are sites that email books out to lists of readers. Examples of our ours are Freebooksy and Bargain Booksy.

]]> By: Julia Carol Folsom https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-authors-evolve-with-their-income/#comment-155419 Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:34:32 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=63114#comment-155419 What are promo sites?

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