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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Ah. So all of those sci-fi writers should stop writing sci-fi and start writing celebrity tell-alls, because they make more money?
Don't forget, writers specialize because they tend to excel in certain genres more than others. Though I wish I was the sort of writer who could write in any genre, I'm not. I write in the genre I am best at, and will therefore make the most money. If I can't make money writing SF, or some other science or technology subject, I might as well just stop writing... because my celebrity tell-alls will most certainly suck.
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Set the WAYBAC machine to the 1950's. Look at the number of Science-Fiction writers who changed what they wrote to other
genres because they could make a better living doing that. (And did S/F on the side until S/F sold enough for them to change back). Look at movie/TV writing credits from teh late 50's and 60's, for example.