We’ve written about hot Doms in their dungeons, double penetration by well-endowed aliens, menages with twin cowboys, rectal exams by stern doctors, dressing up as little girls and getting our bare bottoms spanked - in short, doing kinky sexual things to every conceivable bodily part with a variety of partners and playthings. But there's one topic that up till now has been off-limits in most blogs about erotic romance.
Money. There. I've said it and I feel so much better.
This year I'm kicking off a new weekly series about the business we're all in - the business of writing erotic romance novels. If you don't consider the hours you spend hunched over a keyboard as running your own business, it's time to rethink what you're doing.
But as someone who has owned and operated five small businesses before I began writing full time, I'm going to tell you one simple secret - it's not just how much you make, it's how much you keep.
Of course, if you don't make much right now, that may not sound like a shocking revelation. We're all financial virgins when we start out. But I got very good at figuring out how to keep as much as possible of what I earned when I married a successful salesman and we started our first business together. We had an accountant who took care of us. At least that's what I thought. When he presented me with a tax bill bigger than my total income the year before I got married, well...that's when Uncle Sam popped my fiscal cherry!
Every Wednesday we'll explore a new topic. Together with guest bloggers I'll share ideas that will drive your sales higher, hot new trends in the market, which social media platforms REALLY work - and how to keep more of those Benjamins in your pocket. He may not look very hot in that picture, but he sure can bring you a lot of satisfaction!
Here are some upcoming posts:
Longer Isn’t Always Better - Get your mind out of the gutter! It's about book length
Have You Hit the Dirty Thirty Yet? - Is there a "secret formula" for success?
It’s All About That Base - How to build a team of super fans
Self-Gratification – Is it time to consider indie publishing?
Never Kill A Puppy - Writing rules and when to break them
I hope you'll join me January 7th for the kickoff.
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