My editor sent me a quote for the cost of my newest book. It’s… substantial.
Editing has always been the most expensive part of my books. Advertising comes close… I spend close to $3K CAD on ads a year. In some years that’s more than my editing costs, and in others it is less. This year it will be less.
But previously the cost was for multiple books. This is just one book… a longer one thus far than my average (about 8K words more than usual), but woof. That price tag is steep. It’s going to take me months to pay it off.
I can’t keep spending on my books like this. They have to start making money. It doesn’t have to be a lot of money, not yet, but I have to change something so I’m not hemorrhaging cash every month.
Ah, the cost of doing business. I just want to write… nothing is ever so simple, eh?
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!