I've got a buddy, 70 yrs old, retired engineer, writes traditional "space opera" scifi. He put his first novel on Amazon, made $20k on it the first year, get this, with no previous audience, no website, no social media presence, no email list. Now he's up to number 8 and his book sales are almost three times his retirement income, which he said is pretty comfortable. If I hadn't known him (Facebook) for three years and seen evidence of his total honesty, I'd think he wasn't sharing everything, but I can't find him anywhere, except on Amazon. So, you never know. Let me know if you'd like to chat about some possible collaboration. I'm working on several ideas. My fiction has been an uphill battle here for the last couple months. I'd like to try some interactive fiction. Most of the fiction getting decent payouts is doing so with paid votes, or on Adsactly, a big communal account that keeps about 3/4 of what the stories they share make. Just so you know, though, my fiction made me about $40k here last year. Now, if I could just get the books to go better. LOL