It’s that time of year again,
when everyone digs through piles of crumpled receipts and tries to make some
semblance of organization out of the chaos.
Yes my friends, it is tax time and while I do understand that preparing taxes
for most people is about as much fun as a root canal, there was one small
bright spot for me this year. Between
all the sorting and adding, I took a minute to appreciate the fact that once again this year I will have to claim income as an author. Yes, I am actually happy that I have to pay taxes on
my book royalties, because that means that once again I HAD book
royalties.
I do have to admit it is not
an incredibly large amount, but as my wonderful husband/biggest cheerleader
reminded me, I have earned income because people paid money to read my words
and ideas. This really is something to
celebrate.
Although I am not yet making enough
with writing to give up my current teaching job, I am hopeful that my
royalty income will continue to grow.
With two books and one short story so far, I have seen consistent sales each
month. I am continuing to use social
media to market my books with fairly good success. Looking at my total yearly revenue gives me
inspiration to keep working on my new projects.
I don’t really mind paying my fair share of tax and hopefully next year
I will have to pay even more taxes – for a really great reason.
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