Is Your Writing Your Business (and Why it Should Be)

During my first year in self-publishing, I earned about $10,000. Most of it (~80%) was directly through the sale of books — Amazon, Smashwords, my own website, etc. The rest of that income was generated through affiliate sales of my favorite writing software (Scrivener), Amazon.com affiliate links (in my books and around this site), and through product sales and consultations.

That number, depending on where you are in your own publishing career, might be high. It also might be laughably low (...