> I would guess $500 tops. A guy who writes good
advertising or
> marketing copy can make that in a day. Short stories
(a high art form)
> have not paid diddly for decades. And with 5,000
copies sold being
> considered a success, I can understand why so many
writers consider
> their writing as a mere supplement to their other
activities, not
> viceversa. And it's not just the US. In Spain, for
example, where a
> huge number of books are published each year, sales
tend to be pitiful
> (5,000 sold is a success, same benchmark!). It's sad
to see great
> books, highly acclaimed by the critics, and so few
people read them...
> In some cases it is the translations that allow the
writer to make
> some money.
>
> Best,
>
> mrt
>
For a 6000 word story:
AHMM, EQMM: roughly $360 (at least that's roughly what I'm
getting paid by them--they might have a sliding scale for
better known writers)
Murdaland: $150
Out of the Gutter: $0 + contributor's copy
Crimewave: Don't know
depressing, ain't it??
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