[ SECRET POST #3309 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3309 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Selling Out

[(Anonymous)]

I think that'd be hard, tbh. That's a rather wide range... where 60K might be worth it to be a ghost writing, 3K is pretty insulting for the work you'd have to do. And I believe that as a work for hire, you wouldn't be getting any royalties for that work even if it became the next Harry Potter.

Have you thought about self publishing? I know it's not the solution for everyone, but if you already have some following and a name, it could be a way to get a bigger cut for your work.

Re: Selling Out - OP

[(Anonymous)]

I don't have the skills to self-publish and vastly prefer the security (an advance, proper editors, proper cover designers, followers of the publisher, a marketing department) of a publisher. So my publisher more than earns their cut for me.

I'm really not a fan of self-publishing in general. While there are some people who do it very well I think too many people think it's a shortcut to success. Or that publishers are evil gatekeepers who reject their work out of spite, rather than because it's simply not well-written enough.

Re: Selling Out - OP

[(Anonymous)]

Fair enough, though you can outsource a great deal of that work. Then it'd be your name out there, your backlist growing, and your royalty checks.

10 years ago, I would've agreed with you about self publishing, but things are quite different now. I have a friend who pulling down 3-4K a month self publishing and she knows others who are earning much, much more. I'll grant you it's still not for everyone and it's not a short cut or a guaranteed payday. But dismissing it based on outdated misconceptions about how it works is cutting your nose off to spite your face.

Re: Selling Out - OP

[(Anonymous)]

I know exactly how it works. I don't have the skills (in marketing and promo) or the money (to pay outsourced professionals) to do it successfully. None of my notions about self-publishing are outdated. I don't have the means or the required aptitudes to do it successfully.

Re: Selling Out - OP

[(Anonymous)]

I see I touched a nerve and I apologize. I think you're awfully quick to dismiss it as a viable option, especially since you're willing to consider getting peanuts for ghostwriting. But you do you.

Re: Selling Out - OP

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sorry. I misread your comment and thought you were being shitty but upon rereading you really weren't. And I see how my comment came across as overly negative towards self-publishing, which I really have no issue with beyond not wanting to do it myself. I'm dirt poor and ill and stressed out but that's no reason to take it out on anyone else.

Re: Selling Out - OP

[(Anonymous)]

Apology accepted, and my sympathies. I know what it's like to be hard up and stressed out. It takes a toll on one's creativity, too. Good luck and I hope you can find a way to get more money out of your writing!