In this rather disturbing article, The Guardian points out (amongst other hairy statistics) that 77% of self-published authors are making less than £600 per annum. In another article, the figures are a bit different, but no less pessimistic: it states that the median income of authors has dropped from just £6,000 13 years ago to less than £4,000 per annum. This means that…
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5 Things Emerging Authors Should Be Writing
If we knew what was sure to sell, wouldn’t we all be writing it? Aye, there’s the rub. But some types of fiction lend themselves more to breakthrough bestsellers than others. Here are 5 of them. 1. The “Dammit, I Could’ve Had That Idea!” These are the books we all could have written if we’d only thought…
Tara Sparling writes 