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Originally Posted by meeera
Scalzi's never made any bones of the fact that he does his job to make money. Kinda like how most of the rest of the world does.
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Oh, I agree - I've always been a little bemused by the idea that writing is somehow "special" and it's a little sordid to want to write simply to make money. I guess it goes back to the "you're obviously not a real artist unless you're starving in a cold damp attic" idea.
Look at the hack writers who've written purely to make money: Shakespeare, Dickens, etc...