Financial Planning for Literary Professionals
Plotting your next book takes heart and strategy; your finances deserve the same.
We help authors lead with JOY and build a plan as thoughtful as the stories they craft.
Create with Confidence
A book launch is exciting but it also brings financial questions.
At Mitlin, we specialize in helping literary professionals navigate exactly these kinds of transitions. From irregular royalty income to setting up the right business structure, we help ensure your creative success is supported by a stable financial foundation.
We coordinate with trusted legal and accounting professionals to design a customized, JOYful plan for your specific situation—and guide you toward the long-term future you’re dreaming of.
No pressure, just a conversation
Industry voices have taken note of how we support authors with JOY and purpose.
We’re honored to be featured in InvestmentNews for our commitment to serving authors with heart, strategy, and a deep understanding of what truly matters.
📣 As seen in InvestmentNews:
“For love or money: how one planner advises romance author clients from the heart”
Larry Sprung, founder and wealth advisor at Mitlin Financial, Inc., shares how his unique experience, both as a financial planner and an author, guides the way he helps literary professionals thrive with purpose and JOY.
“They’re a community of typically like-minded people who are very charity-oriented, willing to give, family-oriented. So they’re just people that I can relate to very well from a lot of their personal situations.”
Why Authors Choose Mitlin Financial
What makes Mitlin different especially for the authors we serve?
Your journey starts:
What did you do today that brought you joy?®
That one prompt sets everything in motion.
Whether your JOY comes from writing full-time, traveling for inspiration, or saying yes to the experiences that matter most, we craft your financial plan around your vision of tomorrow. We understand that being an author means more than just writing.
It means:
- Navigating the shift from employee to entrepreneur
- Planning around fluctuating cash flow
- Adjusting to the financial realities of self-employment
- Exploring tax-saving retirement strategies (like Cash Balance Plans)
- Helping you plan around the peaks of book launches and the flow of royalty income
- Knowing when to use tools like securities-backed lines of credit to enJOY major life goals; yes even that vacation home!
Real Authors. Real JOY.
One author we worked with had just left a corporate job to pursue writing full-time. The move from a steady W-2 to unpredictable 1099 income felt overwhelming. We helped them establish a business structure, lower their tax bill using a Cash Balance Plan, and smooth out their cash flow, transforming stress into stability.
Another author came to us with a dream: buying a vacation home. They worried we’d judge them. Instead, we helped them enJOY that decision by showing how they could access liquidity using a portfolio loan, without selling off their investments or compromising long-term goals.
That’s what it means to work with a team that sees YOU as the main character as the heart of your financial story.
Your Next Chapter Starts Here
Your journey as an author is unlike anyone else’s and your financial life should reflect that.
With a strategy grounded in your values, built with JOY, and shaped around the life you’re creating, the story you write can be as inspiring as anything on your bookshelf.
📖 Can your financial plan reflect the heart behind the stories you’re telling?
With JOY, it absolutely can.
Write Your Financial Future: A Financial Guide For Authors is a starting point. A tool to help you reflect, plan, and take the first step toward your ideal tomorrow.
No pressure. No numbers to gather.
Just a conversation starter for yourself, and maybe even with a financial guide who truly understands your world.
Listen in as Larry Sprung chats with some of those entrenched in the published space.
Episode 199 – Kristen Proby
Episode 10 – Austen Rachlis
Episode 29 – Nina Grinstead
Episode 65 – Sawyer Bennett
Episode 42 – Jennifer Probst
Episode 68 – BB Easton
Episode 83 – Liz Berry
Episode 114 – Alessandra Torre
Episode 122 – Skye Warren
Episode 171 – Nick Gray
Episode 227 – Michelle Joyce
Episode 196 – Jay Baer
Episode 215 – Marcus Collins