The top 1% of authors get rich. The top 10% are fairly well paid. And the rest often have spouses or other means to help them make a living.
It depends entirely on how many books they sell. Writers get a percentage of sales as their salary.
Depends on how good their books sell.
It depends entirely upon what they write. Freelance writers, who write articles for newspapers and magazines, will make less than writers who produce books and novels. Even novel writers have widely different salaries depending on whether they are best-selling authors or not. You'd have to check the latest Writers' Market to get some idea of how much publishers are paying per word, and multiply it out -- and that's just a rough idea of how much a writer could make.
Writers on primetime tv shows such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Desperate Housewives" make $30,823 per episode.
Depends on how much you work, what kind of illustration you're doing (Medical? Legal? Best selling childrens books? Weekly comic strip in your local paper?), and where you are geographically. Anywhere from $10 a year to $80k a year. Who knows.
In Madera @ childrens hospital $14.50-21.05
Medical writers are responsible for writing reports on medical science. The Median pay for one is around $58k per year.
It depends on the agent -- you can check this out online or use the Writers' Market to find out specifics about each agency.
Nothing. Stop making excuses not to go out there and get a real job.
it makes about 50 dollars if they bring the books late if they return it on time they will make about 30 dollars
Fortune cookie writers do not get paid very well. One might make around 25,000 a year writing fortune cookies. That is if they are good at what they do.
It depends on how many books they sell. Authors make part of whatever the books sell for as their salary.