Do authors make good money?

answers1: Writing as a full time career is a difficult thing. You will
be broke in no time. <br>
You really need to have a proper day time job in order to make a
decent money and right novels in your free time or part time. Because
each novel of yours that sells ... you get only 10% of it's price...
!!! And even then if you have an agent you will have to pay some
amount to him.. So yeah... <br>
Take the safe job.. .and write for the love of it. !!!
answers2: only if they're very good writers or if their books are very
well known
answers3: Not usually. <br>
If you made it big time, then yes. Ex: JK Rowling <br>
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I want to be an author too. I'm planning to get a normal job and write
novels at night :)
answers4: No... they make BAD money... Just kidding. But in all
seriousness they usually make VERY little money, although if your
really good, or have a REALLY good story, then you can be very
successful. It's kinda like a singing or acting career... it usually
doesn't work. Just don't do it for the money.
answers5: That really depends on their level of success. Most authors
don't end up rich like Stephen King or JK Rowling. A lot of writers
work as Creative Writing or English Professors. Quite often, writing
doesn't pay the bills long term. That's no reason not to try though!
Someone has to be a future Stephen King, etc. You should definitely
plan to go to college and take English, English Literature and
Creative Writing courses.
answers6: A very small percentage of them. Most writers keep their day
job. When people tell you to have something to fall back on they're
not kidding.