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Originally Posted by anamardoll
What? I mean, seriously, what?
I'm pretty sure that not ALL authors hoping to support themselves by writing full time live in constant fear. This doesn't pass the exaggeration sniff test. 
Anyway. Authors who " hope" to support themselves by writing full-time aren't going to get anywhere fast. Authors who want to support themselves full time aggressively follow at least two major rules:
1. Publish a large body of work so that an addition of ONE fan means TEN sales.
2. Expand your fan base with good editing, slick covers, responsiveness to complaints/contacts, and with as many freebies-deals-promotions as you can bear in the early expansion days.
If someone wants to be a successful indie author and they're pricing their books at $10 a pop, well, they should "live in fear", because that's not going to fly. |
If writing is your only means of support, you would worry that your book wouldn't sell enough to pay the rent. I'm talking people who quit their jobs to write full-time. You wouldn't be in this group since you (and spouse?) have other gainful employment. One "successful" book doesn't guarantee there will be others. In this modern age even more so. People are fickle.