At one end, some authors make zero to maybe a hundred bucks a year. At the other end, you've got J.K. Rowling and Michael Crichton and such.
But what about authors who have been successful and reasonably prolific, but not movie-deal successful. I'm thinking (in the SF genre), authors like Niven, Gould, Sawyer, Card, Robinson (any of several), etc. Can you make a living at that level, or do they all have "day jobs"?
But what about authors who have been successful and reasonably prolific, but not movie-deal successful. I'm thinking (in the SF genre), authors like Niven, Gould, Sawyer, Card, Robinson (any of several), etc. Can you make a living at that level, or do they all have "day jobs"?