How It Works-Being an Author-Show Me the $

Today I'm parting the curtain and letting you know how much an author earns from writing a book. Of course, this varies widely from author to author and even from book to book by the same author. That's because it all depends on you-the readers who buy NEW books.

When I first began the trek to publication, my dh glimpsed the headline of a writing magazine which touted a first time author receiving a six figure advance. I grinned and said, "Honey, if that were commonplace, it wouldn't be...