Royalties are such an important part of a creative professional’s income. Yet it can be one of the most confusing and confounding things when you look at your contract or royalty statement and try to figure it out. Many agents don’t even understand it. But because they are integral to our income, it pays to pay attention to his part of your salary. Get someone to explain your royalty statement to you. There are royalty specialists.

You want staying power.  Keep creating, and when you hit it big it will pull your older work up, too. The longer you are out there, the more you create, the more money you can make. In today’s disposable society and with society’s short attention span, it’s becoming harder and harder to have a lenghty career.

Create things that you can replicate and recycle. The work is done, but the sales keep on and the income keeps coming in.