Writing Books Remains a Tough Way to Make a Living (2022)

Re:Writing Books Remains a Tough Way to Make a Living (2022) by QVVRP4nYz on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @06:02AM (#38852759)

> There are endless streams of psychopath male leads and damsel in distress characters, with predictable story lines and pretentious dialogues.

I mean - it sells. Is it readers fault if other authors write unpopular stuff? "Royal Road" is my guilty pleasure. Almost everything there conforms to that quoted scheme but even among mountains of crap there exist various degrees of quality. That said the popularity isn't strongly correlated to that - checking 2 authors I follow one has $300/month on Patreon while other $20k/month.

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Re:Writing Books Remains a Tough Way to Make a Living (2022) by mobiuscog on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @06:24AM (#38852884)

Personally, I think this is where Patreon (and similar) shine. Allows 'true fans' to support directly with a much smaller cut than traditional distribution/publishing mechanisms, whilst also not requiring long-term subscriptions.

If your content is in demand, you do well.

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Re:Writing Books Remains a Tough Way to Make a Living (2022) by dageshi on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @06:36AM (#38852969)

Honestly Royal Road is a treasure. It's the only site where I actively click on t he ads because the ads are all for new stories and there's a decent chance I'll like one.

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