Changing what kind of writer we are can be scary because we don't know if it will work and bring in the same amount of income as our previous writing does.
And now is not a great financial time for me to mess with my income because I am the only wage earner between me and my husband, Dean, who is busy renovating our house. (Oh the expense of it all!)
Anyway, just when I needed a bit of inspiration and something to let me know that I'm on the right track, I came across an article about an author who writes supernatural thrillers.
His name is Scott Nicholson and over the last 7 years he has written and self published 30 novels and has achieved over one million sales.
I read it and immediately got out my calculator (well, my phone app that works as a calculator) and worked out that if this author earns just $2 per sale, his one million sales means he has averaged an income of over $285,000 a year.
$285-thousand!
Naturally he earned less in the first few years because he had less books published, but still, his sales are amazing. And he publishes his books as ebooks, paperbacks, and audio books (he mixes it up a bit).
What I took from this article is that it is possible to make a really good living as an author, as long as you're a good writer, can write compelling stories and are good at marketing and selling.
And because I've had so many years practise at all this, I'm sure I'll do fine.
Now...back to book writing.
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