Schedule OMG.HEA.2010 revisited

This is an update of a post that appeared in April 2010 but since the IRS has updated the form and instructions I thought it was worth revisiting.

Schedule OMG.HEA.2010 is specifically for romance writers.

Turn to the Subgenre Definition pages beginning on page 17 and pick your subgenre. You may pick only one. If you write in a variety of subgenres, choose 21, Indecisive wallower, 22, Overachiever, 23, I'm just a girl who can't say no, or 57, Desperately trying to save career by changing subgenres because last book tanked. Enter in Box A.

Take your zip code, divide it by the number of pages completed in your WIP and enter the number in Box B.

Add the number of times your book has been pirated. Multiply by -15. If you were not paying attention in math class because you were writing torrid romances starring you and David Bowie and do not remember how to multiply with a minus number, you're in trouble.

On the following lines enter the following numbers from the first fifty pages of the book:

1. Times your h/h have sex. If you are writing an inspirational, you should enter 10.
2. Times your h/h have sex with another person(s) or being(s) (including, but not limited to, shapeshifters) and multiply by five. If you are writing an inspirational, you should enter 50.
   
3. Heroic hair-raking within the first fifty pages.
4. Heroic striding indoors, enter either the distance traveled, calculated in feet or the number 300, whichever is smaller.
5. Heroic striding outdoors, enter either the distance traveled, calculated in feet or the number 300, whichever is larger.
6. Mentions of heroine's eye/hair color. Note: if colors for 2 or 3 change, please refer to Publication CE.AA.2010.

Enter your total for Box B.

Transfer the number in Box B to Box K for no apparent reason.

Note: If your score is less than 2, please make sure you are writing within the correct genre. Refer to Publication WTF.2011 for more guidance and complete the appropriate Genre Form.

Now turn to your most recently published work. Enter its ISBN, page count, and predominant font family used on the cover in Box C.

Please check the appropriate box if your cover contains the following:

1. Historically inaccurate shirt.
2. Mullet.
3. Green or blue eyeshadow (hero or heroine).
4. Chandelier with lightbulbs instead of candles.
5. Physically impossible stance.

Write the total number of checked boxes on the next line. On the following lines:

1. Instances of egregious photoshop art, add 10 for each.
2. *Extra nipples, limbs or digits (hero or heroine), multiply each by 10 and enter.
3. Glaring typo on your back cover blurb, enter 20.
4. Mantitty, enter 50.
   

* Unless you are writing paranormal romance and this is purely representative.

Enter your total for Box C.

If your cover art contains none of the above, please refer to Publication WTF.2010 as you may be writing a different genre.

The totals for Boxes B and C, plus the ages of your children and/or pets and your agent's and editors' heights in centimeters when sitting down.
Multiply by 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375
Multiply by 10 to make a nice big fat number and round off to the nearest thousand. This is your owed tax for 2010.

Take the sheet that contains Box K, put it aside in a file, and worry about it for a few months.

Please feel free to share your tax expertise with the rest of us. Only sixteen days to go!