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Originally Posted by Moejoe

I have a job, which I've stated several times before, I do not have a mortgage on the other hand, so that doesn't concern me.

Well the mortgage is just something that seems to be turning as a synonym for all the bills that normal adult human being needs to pay to survive. You have another job for that, but how many of those who now make the living from writing would be willing to do same if the donations couldn't pay the bills?

I have gone the route of traditional publishing, agent, ready to go to print and all the rest of that and it fell apart. And nowhere did I state that I expected payment, and certainly not enough to pay rent or even eat at McDonalds.

Little bit off-topic don't you think, but why did it fell apart then?

You seem to have an expectation, as unrealistic as my utopia, that writers now can pay their mortgages on what they earn in traditional publishing.

True. I don't have even slightest idea how much they get paid. Or how many if that matters. I'm fairly sure however, that it would be a lot less with the donation system.

So why would any writer want to join in that struggle, when they can get a steady job, write how they want, when they want, enjoy their writing, and maybe gain some readers along the way?

By the steady job you mean the second job that might have nothing to do with writing? I don't know what they think, I'm just happy they do so. I just know I don't have so much free time nor energy after my day job, that I would be doing much more than eating and sleeping.