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The other factor to "making it" as an author is prolificy. J.K. Rowling produced a new book every year from 1997-2000, since then once every 2 years. Fern Michaels has written over sixty books, many of them New York Times bestsellers since the 1970s, that's basically 1 or more books every year since she started! I just looked at a "selected" bunch of books from Harold Robbins. It has 35 books in it starting in 1948. That woman who just got a contract from St. Martins Press who became famous for self publishing put out something like 8 books in a year on Amazon!
If you want to be noticed & make money, it's clear that you have to write prolifically (with a subject that people want to read) & stay in the public eye.
If you think you are going to make it with one book every 6 years, or whatever, then you are going to get a real harsh reality check.
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