Author Career

Build Your Writing Career

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Start with a blank page, a little cash, and one week at a time. In Author Career, you build a writing life from the ground up. Choose what to write, manage your energy, improve your skills, publish your books, and watch your audience grow across genres. Every week brings a decision. Work a job to cover expenses, train your craft, draft a new manuscript, edit a book, submit to publishers, or launch your next release. Each choice shapes your money, fans, skills, reviews, and long-term career. Write across Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Literary Fiction, Horror, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, and Adventure. Pick formats, generate titles, set prices, compare publishing paths, and track the results as your catalog grows. Features: Build a week-by-week author career Write short stories, novellas, novels, and epics Manage energy, money, debt, expenses, and career tradeoffs Improve skills like creativity, grammar, plotting, character development, prose, and discipline Edit manuscripts, choose prices, and prepare book launches Grow general and genre-specific fan bases Track book history, royalties, reviews, milestones, and yearly progress Play a focused single-player writing career sim Build your catalog, find your audience, and see how far your author career can go.

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Version 1.3.0: Series, Sequels & Authorpedia Book Series & Sequels Turn your hits into franchises. You can now write sequels and build multi-book series. Readers who loved the first book will come back for more, but don't milk a series for too long or they'll start to lose interest. Series balancing is still being tuned, so expect some adjustments in future updates. Authorpedia Your author career now has its own encyclopedia-style page that tracks your bibliography, milestones and achievements. You can also add a photo to personalize it. Leaderboards See how your author career stacks up against other players on the new leaderboards. Inbox Rework The inbox has been redesigned so messages and news are easier to read and manage. Improvements • Added more names for authors and characters • Text on the book desk is now centered Thanks for playing! Let us know what you think of series and sequels as we keep balancing them.

The developer, Matthew Green, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Used to Track You

    The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:

    • Location
    • Identifiers
    • Usage Data
  • Data Linked to You

    The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

    • Location
    • Identifiers
    • Usage Data
    • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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Seller
Matthew Green
Size
42.9 MB
Category
Casual
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
  • iPod touch
    Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
13+
  • 13+
  • Infrequent
    Mature or Suggestive Themes
    Horror/Fear Themes
    Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
    Contests

    Contains
    Advertising
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
© Etherspark Studios