I Wrote 110 eBooks on Amazon KDP… and I’m Still Broke: The Tea You Didn’t Know You Needed

 I Wrote 110 eBooks on Amazon KDP… and I’m Still Broke: The Tea You Didn’t Know You Needed

Intro:
So you wanna be a writer? Wanna live that “I make money in my sleep” life? Honey, let me tell you how I wrote 110 eBooks on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (yes, one hundred and ten)… and I still make less than $20 a month. Yes, you read that right. That’s a burrito and a drink, if I got a coupon.

Let’s spill this literary tea.

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💻 The Hustle Was Real (Delusional, But Real)

I started out thinking I was the next Terry McMillan meets Steve Harvey meets Zora Neale with a splash of TikTok energy. I was gonna be that author. I was writing self-help, poetry, dating advice, reality TV gossip, hood love stories, cookbooks, short stories—baby, if it had a title, I published it. I even had a “Prayer for Broke People” devotional.

I wrote like I was running out of time. But the coins? Oh, the coins were running away from me.

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📉 The Amazon KDP Reality Show Nobody Talks About

See, what they don’t tell you on those “How I Made $10,000 on KDP” YouTube videos is that not everybody’s books are gonna blow up. Some of us are self-publishing in the shadows. I was posting books with homemade covers, no ads, no budget, and a dream. And my mama still ain't bought a copy.

One review literally said, “This book was… okay.”
Like, ma’am. I put my soul into that chapter.

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🤡 Friends Said They Were Gonna Support Me—They Lied

Let’s talk about these friends who swore they were gonna “grab a copy” next payday. Sis, it’s been five paydays. My book is $2.99, not a designer purse. I know you saw my link. Don’t act brand new.

One girl said, “You write too much. I can’t keep up.”
Ma’am, Beyoncé dropped 32 songs in one album and you listened in one day. But I digress.

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😂 Lessons From the KDP Trenches

1. Quantity ain't quality. Turns out, people want good writing, not just a lot of writing. Who knew?
2. Covers matter. WordArt and a blurry stock photo? Not the move.
3. Marketing is everything. Posting “New Book Out Now!” on Facebook three times ain’t gonna cut it, boo.
4. Burnout is real. I wrote myself into carpal tunnel and existential crisis territory.
5. Some books are just therapy sessions. Let’s be honest—half my catalogue was me healing and hoping strangers would pay to read about it.

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😭 Why I’m Still Doing It (Even for $17.88 a Month)

Because deep down, I still believe one day, one of my books will go viral. Maybe someone will read my poem about fried chicken and heartbreak and say, “This is Pulitzer-worthy.”

And let’s not forget—$17.88 a month is passive income. I mean, it’s not gas money, but it’s something. I’m building a legacy… on a budget.

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👀 Final Word (And a Shameless Plug)

If you’re thinking about writing a book, do it. But don’t expect Beyoncé-level money off your first eBook titled “How to Manifest a Man in 3 Days” (which I totally wrote, by the way).

Now excuse me while I go write book #111. Maybe this one will buy me two burritos.

Link in bio. Support a struggling literary icon. Or don’t. I’ll still be writing.

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