/lit/ - Literature

>>20066096
>spend years honing your craft
>write your meticulously researched and well written fantasy book
>get a publishing deal
>book comes out
>sells 30 copies
>you now owe the publisher a million dollars from your advance

or

>nobody signs you because you aren’t a danger hair wxmyn
>you are now lost in the sea of selfpub titles, good look climbing out

or

>you try to go the e-beggar Patreon route
>you sacrifice every ounce of quality in order to become another soulless YA drone who has to pump out a chapter a week in order to keep people interested
>on top of that you get canceled on twitter for male gaze or whatever
>your Patreon brings in a whopping $400 a month before Patreon’s cut and before taxes