Writers! Don’t Turn This Money Down — You’ve Earned It
Don’t wait for these people to find you — they’re looking, but it might take forever
It’s hard enough making a living as a writer, so why would anyone turn down money they’ve legitimately earned? Maybe they don’t know it’s there. I don’t have a simple answer, but I know how you can get your hands on it.
Your writing is accessible around the world, and people use it. They copy it, scan it, use it in lessons or presentations — and many of them are already paying a fee to do this. They don’t know you. You don’t know them. So they can’t pay you directly. But there is a worldwide network that collects and distributes money to writers for the secondary use of their work.
Find and register with your local collecting society. Details are in this article:
If you’ve authored books, you could be due money from library lending, so check out this article:
Don’t wait for these people to find you — they’re looking, but it might take forever — go and find them, then they’ll be able to pay you the money your writing has earned.
