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Originally Posted by conan50
I don't disagree. I think one had better be in writing for love of the art rather than money today. Yet I feel for those who need to, or are trying to make a living writing.
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Honest skill assessment helps.
To make a living at anything from selling watermelons to mining ore to repairing equipment to writing... quality and quantity have to be combined.
Editors and proofreaders can help some with quality, but an author who can't crank out several books per year is unlikely to be able to give up their day job. A lot of my favorite authors have been people who not only told a good yarn, they cranked out six or more every year. Walter Gibson's output (not a perfect example, as he was inherantly wealthy) was just scary.