Episode 57: What we found out about lots of other ways to make money (if you work at it)

In this season, we’ve done a series of research episodes, where we comb through the internet to find out answers to how this whole money and writing thing works. Today we are presenting the results of our research on a bucket of stuff we call “everything else”:

eBooks and self-publishing;
Newsletters and Patreon;
Speaking; and
Online courses.

As always, we have put the sources for our discussion below. This is an introduction on what you can expect to take into account when you’re considering pursuing these as income streams. The bottom line is if you’re planning for this to replace your day job income, you will need to put a lot of time into it – more or less exchanging one day job for another. And that might be fine, but you should just get ready to hustle.

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In this episode:

Back episodes we reference (our own):

Author’s Guild income survey

Jane Friedman’s classic blog post on authors’ income surveys

The Hot Sheet

#amwriting podcast episode 128

Who Pays Writers

Editorial Freelancers Association rate chart

Reedsy

Upwork

Freelancer’s Union

Stoner by John Williams