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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
I get what you're saying...but I don't think that it is completely true. Yes, maybe you would take the cash right now but I don't think any writer gets into the business (in the beginning) looking purely to make money...
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Sometimes I find it surprising that people have a hard time believing someone would write just because they are good at it... not because they want to become famous. The world is full of people who work at something because they are good at it, it pays the bills, and they have no illusions about becoming famous.
I'm not an artist, but I'm a craftsman. I'm trying to pay a few bills (down the line, like during my retirement, if I can get this stuff to take off). Really. I don't care about fame or history, because fame is fleeting (and usually more of a pain than it is worth), and history erodes everything. And at 51, I don't depend on other people's approval for justification of my efforts. I just do what I like.
And if it turns out that, to be a success, I have to create a pen name and use a model's face on my books... sure, I'll do that in a New York minute. Maybe two, if I need to become a woman. Three or four if it's Snooki.
And if it turns out that this will never pay off... I'll stop. And look for some other way to finance my retirement.
Anyway, that's me. I'm just not like most authors, I guess.