Heinlein was hardly "most writers".
And while there are several writers one can call to mind immediately, who have made plenty of money from their writing -- Jeffrey Archer, Stephen King, J. K. Rowling, Tom Clancy, --
most writers do not make a living from their writing. Nor did they in the past.
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Originally Posted by sirbruce
Yes, but that was not the way it used to be. At least not for a writer who got published regularly. Writing short stories got Heinlein *out* of debt, not into it!
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