Trad Publishing Numbers

Okay, a post on numbers--for transparency's sake, and also because I desperately wished for some real numbers before I yeeted the day job. Caveat that I have been lucky and owe a lot to my agent and my publisher.

Gross income (agency percentage already taken out):
2020 $100,240.09
2021 $49,055.98
2022 $128,345.90
2023 $109,722.23

Context--I signed translation deals for my first trilogy, signed a new trilogy contract in 2022 (hence the bump), and took a coaching job in 2023.

Drowning Empire book deal, s...