• How Much Could I Make as a Writer? (Mary Adkins, blog and video) The nice thing "about an advance, is that if your book doesn’t sell as well as hoped and therefore your royalties don’t cover your advance, you still get to keep it. The advance is yours no matter what happens. Since many books don’t make a profit, especially for first time authors, this is a very good thing for you as the writer.
"But while many authors make money beyond their advances when their book sells, in the data I’m sharing here, I'm just talking about advances so that we can reliably estimate guaranteed income. First, what does it mean to “sell” a book, and what’s an advance? How much can you make altogether by writing a book? How much will I make per book sold? Full of practical information on numbers, chiefly from a novelist's viewpoint.
---HOW MUCH can you expect to MAKE ON YOUR BOOK? Mary Adkins' free on-demand workshop with new data on fiction book advances broken down by genre. "After gathering data from hundreds of published authors anonymously self-reporting their earnings, I will share a breakdown of book advances 2016-2022, along with takeaways, insights, and publishing tips."
[I have not reviewed the workshop. Let me know what you think.]
• How much to charge for various functions and for various types of product (Pat McNees, in one of many sections of my Writers and Editor sites that contains lots of links to useful information)
What can a writer or editor expect? Proofreader? Designer? Ghostwriter? Copywriter? Resume writer? Video producer? Some of the sites and articles linked to report ranges of fees reported in various genres, at various levels of expertise or complexity; some are articles on how to set rates. Some freelancers distinguish between a business model ("This is how much I charge") and a contractor model ("This is how much I pay").
• Common pay rates and ranges for writers and editors (Writers and Editors) "Cost. Quality. Speed. Pick any two."
• AB5 and Related Problems in the Gig Economy (Writers and Editors) AB5, the PRO Act, the ABC test, and other threats to freelancers' and independent contractors' livelihood. Under California's AB5, anyone providing labor or services for pay is considered an employee unless they pass all three components of the "ABC" test (explained).
As one writer explains, "This national rule is an attempt to impose on the entire country the horrific AB (Assembly Bill) 5 passed in a California a few years ago, written by a labor leader named Lorena Gonzalez. It has resulted in tens of thousands of independent contractors losing their work, from artists and musicians to many seniors who supplemented their Social Security with side gigs such as playing Santa Claus." Read up on this if you don't already know about it.
• Kill fees (Writers and Editors) For writing articles: Your contract "should include a kill-fee clause with a minimum of a 25 percent payment of the fee if the article is deemed unacceptable."
• How (and how much) do ghostwriters charge (Writers and Editors page) See also Credits--who gets them? If shared, who gets top billing, with what wording? (Writers and Editors)
• Landing the book deal (Writers and Editors) What draws an agent or editor to a book or leads them to reject it.
• How to make money as a freelance writer or editor (Writers and Editors) The good, the bad, and the truthful