OVERCOMING MEDIOCRITY, by Judas Cypher, published by Evil Overlord Productions, with Minion Press and Henchman Harry Inc.
So I found out how lucrative a sci-fi novelist's career isn't.
You can get some pretty hefty advances from NORMAL FICTION, like $20,000, and even more for NON-FICTION, something like $30,000 for your first book, and I would imagine if it's specifically a self-help book, it could be more.
on down to sci-fi fantasy.
ahem.
ten thousand dollars, max.
I'm not sure its fucking worth it, I mean I've spent somethign like 2 years all included for the current version of this book, and that would be worth $5,000 dollars a year.
BUT having done a by-word comparison, thats a hundred bucks a day if I write 6 pages... so not bad as a part-time job.
And of course I already knew that it wouldn't put bread on the table, and I still want to do it.
so there we have it, proof that being a sci-fi novelist is only for supplimental income.
I don't know though, I had thought about writing a self-help book, sitting back on the proceeds for a year, and writing a couple of other books. The greatest lure to writing a self-help book is for the sheer hilarity of putting in horrible things, kinda like a Project-Mayhem-Author.
101 ways to not get caught smoking weed.
put things in there that will definately get you caught, and some that are pretty good coverups.
then there's somehting like How To Get Rid of a Body, and watch the news to see how many people get caught trying to get rid of a body in a local park trashcan.
That's bad, i know it, but still... the people who buy self-help books are morons anyway.
Or how about a diet book of the likes of Pestilence in Good Omens. You don't need food, all you need is faith, or something like that, and see how many dumbass hollywood blondes actually buy the book and it's teachings.
When I become the Evil Overlord...
Now I'm not looking for widespread death or anything, but still, anything to trick the Acolytes of the Blind God into giving you their money and basically ass-fucking themselves to death with what they bought from you.
Can you tell I'm having a great day?
You can get some pretty hefty advances from NORMAL FICTION, like $20,000, and even more for NON-FICTION, something like $30,000 for your first book, and I would imagine if it's specifically a self-help book, it could be more.
on down to sci-fi fantasy.
ahem.
ten thousand dollars, max.
I'm not sure its fucking worth it, I mean I've spent somethign like 2 years all included for the current version of this book, and that would be worth $5,000 dollars a year.
BUT having done a by-word comparison, thats a hundred bucks a day if I write 6 pages... so not bad as a part-time job.
And of course I already knew that it wouldn't put bread on the table, and I still want to do it.
so there we have it, proof that being a sci-fi novelist is only for supplimental income.
I don't know though, I had thought about writing a self-help book, sitting back on the proceeds for a year, and writing a couple of other books. The greatest lure to writing a self-help book is for the sheer hilarity of putting in horrible things, kinda like a Project-Mayhem-Author.
101 ways to not get caught smoking weed.
put things in there that will definately get you caught, and some that are pretty good coverups.
then there's somehting like How To Get Rid of a Body, and watch the news to see how many people get caught trying to get rid of a body in a local park trashcan.
That's bad, i know it, but still... the people who buy self-help books are morons anyway.
Or how about a diet book of the likes of Pestilence in Good Omens. You don't need food, all you need is faith, or something like that, and see how many dumbass hollywood blondes actually buy the book and it's teachings.
When I become the Evil Overlord...
Now I'm not looking for widespread death or anything, but still, anything to trick the Acolytes of the Blind God into giving you their money and basically ass-fucking themselves to death with what they bought from you.
Can you tell I'm having a great day?
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