Thread: How much does the average author get paid?
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Old 08-26-2008, 01:37 PM   #82
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Originally Posted by RobertJSawyer View Post
SF author Mike Resnick did a rough-and-ready back-of-an-enveloped calculation some years ago that suggested that of the 1,2000 or so active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, maybe 100 make $100,000 or more per year. Change that figure to $500,000 or more, and it's probably 25 members.
Hi Rob -- Nice to see you here!

I actually suspect the numbers are lower than that. I've noticed that Mike Resnick, at least in his SFWA Bulletin columns, seems to have a cheery outlook that may in part be buoyed by his own commercial success. I don't know that anyone has hard figures, but I was skeptical of those numbers when I saw them, and I still am.

Jeff
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