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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
With what? IOUs? 
Well, it's not like I expect the world to give me something for nothing (ironic, ain't it?); I just want to earn something reasonable for my work... something aspired to by most people. I'm still not sure why that simple idea is apparently impossible for some people to understand. |
May I quote from the most economically successful science fiction writer of modern time (Robert A. Heinlein) to his agent. "A manuscript will bring what it will bring, which is sometimes nothing."
The point is, there's no guarantees in the entertainment business. And it's a lousy time to be an entertainer. technology is killing the business. Some of it's piracy, but much is the "long tail" of marketing.
And let there be no mistaking this, success in entertainment is all about marketing, not skill. That's why Dan Brown was a bestseller.
I strongly,
strongly, recommend you spend $5 at Baen books, for a e-book copy of Fred Pohl's memiours,
The Future the Way It Was and read it. You may find his missive close to home. (And it was written in the "good old days").