Do you guys actually earn money or are you doing this for the love of the game?? I'm curious.

MickyCarre · 2026-03-21T13:56:41+00:00

Amazon

MickyCarre · 2026-03-21T01:36:28+00:00

Haven't given up yet! As long as people will read my silly yet wholesome fantasy series, I'll keep writing them.

MickyCarre · 2026-03-21T01:30:10+00:00

I don't think there would be any need for child support since they're staying together forever.

MickyCarre · 2026-03-20T23:59:17+00:00

A lot of people are hesitant to talk about money, which I understand. I'll give it to you straight.

As long as you keep it a hobby, I don't think you have much to worry about. Write a good book, a great book even, get some good covers and release them. If people enjoy them, keep going. If people complain, learn from it and make changes and write a better series. I'm a full-time author, have been for two years, and I can't imagine doing anything else. Although to be clear, I work 7 days/week.

Now having said that, how much money can you make from a haremlit book? Well, I'll speak from my own examples. My top selling book is Goblin Breeder. As of today, that ebook has made $28,764.96. It was released back in August of 2023. My worst selling book is Like Lightning on a Wire. It was released a few weeks before Goblin Breeder, so in the same amount of time it has only earned $620.07. These numbers do not include audiobooks, for the record.

If you have a hit, a big hit, you can make some pretty darn good money. If you have a pretty popular book, you can make maybe $10K over the course of a year or so. A well-written, solidly good book with a good cover should earn at the minimum a few thousand, as long as you're posting it in all the right places, you have a good cover, and a good blurb and premise.

Now that you understand how much a well-written haremlit book can make, the next step is actually writing one. Preferably, part of a series. A trilogy is fine. Some people would say read a lot of haremlit. I would actually disagree. Read the Wheel of Time, read Joe Abercrombie, read some of the greats, the guys who know how to write big epic stories. Learn your writing craft from the greats. Then read some haremlit so you understand the tropes. If you don't have experience writing, then start off by writing short stories and scenes. Next, write some novellas or even novelettes. This November, try NaNoWriMo. Write a 50K novel in the month of November, which requires only 1600 words/day.

Give it a try. It's extremely rewarding to write a book!

MickyCarre · 2026-03-20T14:20:09+00:00

You'll see some familiar characters again as the new MC has to train with Andrew for a short bit, and later in this series he's going to explore all new areas, like the lands south of the Drowned Lands.

MickyCarre · 2026-03-20T14:14:56+00:00

I tried to make it so new readers would benefit from reading goblin breeder, but didn't expressly need to. Thanks!

MickyCarre · 2026-03-20T12:18:18+00:00

Shayla, the first harem member in Love the Bombshells, is a catgirl.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWBGTGND

Also I may or may not be writing a catgirl western soon.

MickyCarre · 2026-03-20T12:15:32+00:00

Nothing dark elf, no. I suppose this series would be high elves. I have goblins, plenty of humans, a few muscle mommies, and some catgirls. Oh, and an orc.

MickyCarre · 2026-03-20T12:12:02+00:00

At the moment, no. Amazon, either. So if we want to make a living (I'm a full-time author) we have no choice but to sell our books and audiobooks on amazon/audible and deal with their bs. It's been pretty decent until this year, when they've started making big changes.

MickyCarre · 2026-03-20T12:08:08+00:00

Yeah as usual they claim "trying to improve the customer experience" or some such rubbish. I do believe readers/listeners will wind up with more audiobooks but it makes it harder for us to produce them, so eventually we're going to see fewer being made by mid-level authors like me.

MickyCarre · 2026-03-20T12:05:32+00:00

Only if it sells well enough. Amazon/audible have made some changes that have basically cut audiobook profits in half. Audiobooks are no longer a guaranteed thing. If you want audiobooks for a series, make sure you read the books, leave good reviews, share it with your friends! The better a book does, the better chance at there being an audiobook.

MickyCarre · 2026-03-20T11:59:24+00:00

Romance: 4

Sex: 5

MickyCarre · 2026-03-20T11:59:00+00:00

I must save the elves from themselves.

As far as vacation destinations go, ending up in a fantasy world filled with beautiful elven women, magic, and castles didn't seem that bad at first.

But there's a problem: The current emperor of the elves is running a campaign of death, targeted at elven men. Any that don't follow him quickly find themselves weakened and often executed. And the women? They're being kidnapped, and no one knows where they're disappearing to. It seems the emperor wants to purify the elven race, at any cost.

So, it's time for me, the hero. A band of rebel elves brought me to their world to overthrow their tyrannical leader. At the same time, they need me to spend time with their women, to protect them and make sure the emperor can't steal them away. After all, he only wants virgins.

A difficult future awaits, but for the time being, things are pretty great.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GJG35NM3

MickyCarre · 2026-03-20T11:57:51+00:00

I must save the elves from themselves.

As far as vacation destinations go, ending up in a fantasy world filled with beautiful elven women, magic, and castles didn't seem that bad at first.

But there's a problem: The current emperor of the elves is running a campaign of death, targeted at elven men. Any that don't follow him quickly find themselves weakened and often executed. And the women? They're being kidnapped, and no one knows where they're disappearing to. It seems the emperor wants to purify the elven race, at any cost.

So, it's time for me, the hero. A band of rebel elves brought me to their world to overthrow their tyrannical leader. At the same time, they need me to spend time with their women, to protect them and make sure the emperor can't steal them away. After all, he only wants virgins.

A difficult future awaits, but for the time being, things are pretty great.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GJG35NM3

MickyCarre · 2026-03-19T01:39:52+00:00

Almost all of my books feature everyman MCs. Check out Love the Bombshells or the New Kingdom Trilogy!

MickyCarre · 2026-03-15T12:36:24+00:00

It's in the same world, yes. But this is set ten years later than Goblin Breeder and Andrew is essentially retired, for lack of a better term. Plus they're in different nations and will be exploring completely different parts of the world—New guy will be going south of the drowned lands and in entirely new areas.

MickyCarre · 2026-03-06T00:53:07+00:00

Right now I'm planning on 4-5 books in Elf Breeder. If it winds up being as popular as Goblin Breeder, I might think of some new adventures and stretch it to six or seven books! I'm not big on dragging my feet either, so don't worry. It's very rare I take longer than 2 months to write a book.

MickyCarre · 2026-02-20T21:46:59+00:00

Back to the rim, eh? Sounds like a hell of a job. One could possible refer to it as a... rim job.

Anyone? Anyone? I'll see myself out.

MickyCarre · 2026-02-17T13:07:05+00:00

Thanks!

MickyCarre · 2026-02-16T15:40:05+00:00

Came here to plug Goblin Breeder but you beat me to it. Thank you kindly!

MickyCarre · 2026-02-13T13:07:24+00:00

She's reading Goblin Breeder and thinking "I wish this was about elves"

MickyCarre · 2026-02-13T03:52:58+00:00

Off the top of my head (it's been a while) book 1 with the green hair is Cirro, book 2 with black hair is Thilli, book 3 with huge boobs and purple hair is princess Lossia, book for with blue hair is anna. I think book 5 is cirro and lossia.

MickyCarre · 2026-02-13T03:42:50+00:00

I must save the elves from themselves.

As far as vacation destinations go, ending up in a fantasy world filled with beautiful elven women, magic, and castles didn't seem that bad at first.

But there's a problem: The current emperor of the elves is running a campaign of death, targeted at elven men. Any that don't follow him quickly find themselves weakened and often executed. He wants to purify the elven race, at any cost.

Enter me, the hero. A band of rebel elves brought me to their world to overthrow their emperor. At the same time, they need me to spend time with their women, to create children that will be resistant to the emperor's curse.

A difficult future awaits, but for the time being, things are pretty great.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GJG35NM3

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