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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
You are quite literally thinking of another century... where the population of this planet numbered in the millions, not billions, and it was a lot easier to live well by your own means (farm, steal, mooch or panhandle), and not depend on others' resources to help you get by. That world is not relevant. I can only say that "writing for nothing" is simply not realistic for the majority of the population anymore. That ship has sailed, too late to swim for it. Now boarding: The 21st Century limited. All aboard.
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As was pointed out in another thread, most authors now aday have another day job. They do not depend on the income from writing to survive or to live.