ALynnPowers wrote:lizj97 wrote:I don't think my family takes me seriously when I say I write for a living. Of course I pay my bills and have money to do things so I must be getting it from someplace right? But to hear them talk, writing is just a hobby that takes up my free time.
Yeah, that's pretty sad to hear. Especially if it is really your career.
My family assumes that because I have written something, that I should be rolling in cash now, since all the authors they know (i.e., JK Rowling, Stephen King) are super rich, and they can't understand why I am not sharing.
I don't understand where people think writing is so lucrative.
Best selling authors will still have day jobs!
Stephen King, J. K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer...
Their money doesn't even come from their books!
It comes from their books being optioned and, if they have a good entertainment lawyer, from the back end of the movies made (merch, movie tie ins, royalties, ect...).
I have an author whose books are always best sellers, has several releases a year, and only just quite her day job, because...and I quote, "cutting back is worth it for the extra sleep"!
People have no idea...