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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
If I was a writer with a family to feed or even a cat, I would not spurn the big or even little bucks. Most authors do not aspire to change the world, or live like indentured servants for the good of society, any more than a lawyer, an accountant, pizza delivery guy or a grocery store clerk, who are more often paid better for their efforts.
Helen
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Exactly.
That is why I expressly used the term "professional author".
As in full-time. A 40 hours a week, self-employed professional much like a doctor, lawyer, or electrician or whatever.
Different people write different things for different reasons but when your one and only job is writing, you write. If a job comes in for a movie novelization with a 60 day deadline, you do it in 60 days. If an editor needs a 10,000 word short story in a rush you do a short story on schedule.
The new reality is that professional authors are no longer depending *solely* on the slots of tradpub to make a living. As long as they're not handcuffed by corporate contracts they can supplement or replace tradpub work for selfpubbed work and make a living that way.
And if that writer happens to be one you like and follow, that means more good reads more frequently. A win-win for the people that matter most.
