Thursday, July 07, 2005
a poorly paid writer
Today I got paid to write. I am doing my first ever commissioned piece of writing. It feels very strange.
Today I have learnt that I won’t make my fortune as a paid commissioned writer. I would need to do 10 of these commissions a week and to work a whole lot faster than I have today.
Posted by steve at 05:30 PM
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You have joined the club.
I have had advances paid on 2 books pre-publication nearly 5 years ago, and nothing further as sales have yet to reach that luxurious level of royalties.
The last royalty I ever received was for contributing a couple of chapters to a multi-authored book in 2003.
Those funds are “nice” when coming from overseas as they pay out well in local currency. And they can be nice additions when there’s a regular salary. I last had a regular fortnightly salary in 2003. A long time between drinks!
Comment by philjohnson — July 7, 2005 @ 7:33 pm
This sounds tough but if it is any help I understand The Readers Digest pay quite well!
Comment by Elizabeth — July 8, 2005 @ 3:48 pm