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Shirtaloon makes $20,000/month writing LitRPG on Patreon

And that doesn't include what he makes on Amazon.

By Elle Griffin

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Travis Deverell—aka Shirtaloon—earns between $15,000 and $20,000 a month writing fiction for Royal Road. His first two books debuted on Amazon this year and his second one already reached number five—across all genres—on the Amazon charts. Here is our interview, edited for clarity.

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Published June 13, 2021 · Printed from elysian.press/essays/shirtaloon
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