This is a long weekend in Canada and that’s the reason why this post later than usual.

Hurray for Spring and great weather which makes me want to drink alcohol (I don’t really need an excuse)

To our authors: Last week I wrote an article about author royalties  Writing is a Great Career but how much does it pay? There were over 125 comments on the post and more than 1300 hits, I assume mostly from authors. However, while it’s nice to know that you found the post and the comments interesting, and a lot of you said it gave you a perspective of how much to expect in future royalty payments, only about 110 authors completed the survey. Since the number of M/M authors is at least 1000, this is disappointing. I was hoping that a lot more of you would have done so because you’re doing this for your fellow authors and yourself. As with any survey, without really good empirical data the information is inconclusive and not very credible — the larger the numbers of respondents the more reliable the results. Thanks to those of you who have completed the survey, and if you haven’t I’m sure your fellow authors would appreciate it if you did so.

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there. This is probably the only day you get feted, starting with breakfast in bed. Enjoy the pampering while it lasts.

On Friday I posted an article about author salaries. The name of the post is Writing is a Great Career, but how much does it pay? This post is very important because for the first time M/M authors get a sense of what to expect in terms of royalties, and how they compare to others in this genre. However,  although there have been over 1,000 hits so far on the post, less than 100 of you have filled in your information, which is not even 10% of those who viewed the post, if I assume that about 50% of the people who checked out the statistics are authors. If you haven’t seen the article or haven’t filled in your information here’s the link. I would appreciate it if as many authors as possible, novice and experienced, completed the survey so that there is a large enough sample group. Thanks guys. The post will be up for a while to ensure that we capture as much information as possible. Your comments are also welcome.

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Happy spring and a return to sunshine. I hope everyone is doing great! I had a wonderful l-o-n-g weekend in New York, the mecca for shopping and Broadway shows.

What’s on the agenda for this week? Lots of reviews and new books donated by publishers and authors that you can bid on and hope to win.

Also, I’m writing a post (that includes a survey) which will be live on Friday, May 10, about whether there’s any money to be made as a romance writer, and how much. This is an anonymous survey so I hope that our authors will respond in large numbers and provide some tangible information. M/M romance has been around for over 10 years and, other than epublishers, no one seems to have any authentic data about how much writers make. Many readers aspire to be authors because it seems like such a glamorous career, but is it really? Can you make enough money to support yourself if you decide to become an author full time in today’s economy? I hope that this survey will be helpful to current authors in this genre as well as help those aspiring authors who need the facts before they jump into the fray and quit their day jobs. .

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