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FWIW, I wasn't talking about authors who want to become the next Dan Brown, or the next Stephen King, or the next JK Rowling. I was thinking of authors who'd like to become the next Suzette Haden Elgin, or the next David Gerrold, or the next Mercedes Lackey if they get really lucky. Mid-list authors who make a quiet career out of writing (well, Lackey's is perhaps not so quiet anymore), but sometimes still have to take on other jobs.
It's hard enough for writing to be a career without the copyfight crowd (which I'm usually part of) insisting that it's a pointless goal. Yes, copyright laws are scrambled, and publishing contracts are generally bad and sometimes abusive, but that doesn't mean authors should work from the premise that the only "real" value in their work is in reader satisfaction.
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