Publishing Pals
Welcome to Publishing Pals Podcast, a podcast where two pals talk about publishing. For nearly a decade, we have tried, failed, and sometimes succeeded at being traditionally published. Come along with us as we share everything we've learned in this oddly gatekept, confusing, but incredibly fun and rewarding industry.
Publishing Pals
How Authors Make Money
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Hello!
In this episode we’re talking about money: How writers make it, how payments are broken down, and how to deduct things for taxes.
Here are some of the authors, artists, and other things we brought up during the episode. Just a disclaimer - please do not take our word as fact. The publishing industry is always changing, and often we are talking about things we are remembering from a while ago or have heard from others. While the agent deep dive is always fact checked, we do not prep for these episodes or look up other information beforehand. It’s always important to do your own research! If we realize after the fact that we have gotten anything wrong, we will do our best to correct it in the show notes.
Here are links to Joanna MacKenzie, the agent from our agency deep dive:
https://nelsonagency.com/submission-guidelines/
https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/dealmakers/detail.cgi?s=all&sort=date&id=8799&p=2
https://manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/joanna-mackenzie/
Note: She had a link to the bird app too, but I’m not on it. Her IG is private.
Dots and Dashes, Suzanne’s latest book with Seesaw Press:
This is the software I mentioned that I use to track my expenses for taxes:
This is the agent who was talking about romance genre crossover interest (if you want to query him, he specializes in horror, fantasy, scifi, and some romantacy):
https://belllomaxmoreton.co.uk/agents/john-baker
Some of the books we mentioned:
The Lunar Chronicles:
https://tinyurl.com/86n27j9r
Heated Rivalry:
https://tinyurl.com/bddkvj9b
Bridgerton:
Yesteryear (the trad wife who wakes up in the 1800s)
https://tinyurl.com/52xrbs4r