It was 11:30 on a Saturday night when I was fondling a check for almost $40,000. Yes, fondling. When my agent, Jane, submitted my first book to the publisher, she told me. Don t expect to make a lot of money from your first book. And 15 months later I had a check for almost $40,000! Let's face it - that is some serious green for any author. and truth be known, I want to help you realize big pay-days like this, too. PROOF. Here's a copy of the check ( sans evidence of my fondling ). This was just one royalty check. But I've received other big checks as a result of my writing. Money for advances, foreign rights and speaking engagements. Let me show you more of what I'm talking about. Here's an advance check on another book. Some of my books have been published in other languages and I receive many smaller foreign rights checks like these. Or here's one from Iceland (Y...