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Originally Posted by hildea
HAre you sure that's still true today? I'm not talking about earning huge amounts of money like Rowling, but making a bit extra, maybe not enough to quit your day job, but enough to help with bills and justify spending a lot of time on.
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I'm not sure most people who write books make no money from them but that's always been the conventional wisdom. I suspect it's always been true and it probably is still true but I can't really say I know it's true.
We all have heard stories about people who send books to publishers and they're rejected. Most authors, in interviews, talk about how many times they were rejected before their first book was accepted. Those are the ones who kept going and were eventually published. How many gave up or never got published no matter how much they tried.
I don't really have answers. I just think these are worthwhile questions.
Barry