Simon Whaley
February and March are exciting times for writers. Across the country, publishers’ accounts departments are dispatching royalty statements and initiating payments. It’s a time when writers either delight over the positive boost their bank account will see, or are frustrated over the poor sales and lack of funds. It’s also time for a lot of head scratching because, as many writers soon discover when they receive their first royalty statement, these printouts aren’t always the easiest of documents to interpret.