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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
But that's the point! If you want to make money, you do things that make money! If being a writer doesn't pay, then either take the vow of poverty and be a full-time writer, or do something that pays lots of money. Then if you want to write, treat it as a hobby on the side.
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Amen, Ralph! I'm sorry, Steve, but it's really hard for me to feel sorry for you on this one. It seems like it's not that being a writer doesn't pay you money---you do seem to get SOME sales. It's that it's not paying you whatever amount you have set in your head as the amount to support your lifestyle. And guess what, there are a LOT of jobs that don't pay that amount. There are a lot of things people would enjoy doing for a living that simply don't pay them enough money. My cousin plays in a rock band for example, and gets paid for it, but not enough to meet is needs. So he gives private lessons and teaches two mornings a week at a private school. I know someone else who runs cooking classes in French for schoolchildren. It's her 'passion' job and sometimes she does well with the money and sometimes she doesn't. So she registered with the local school board as a substitute teacher. On days she has bookings for the cooking classes, she declines the substitute teaching work. On days she does not have bookings, she accepts them. People make these sorts of compromises ALL the time in life. If you are asking us to accept the premise that writing is a 'job' then it's the same as any other job in that sometimes it may involves tasks you don't want to do, and sometimes you may have to moonlight because times are tough and the work or the money just isn't there. I myself am in this position right now, earning less than I should be, but it's the best I can find in this market. Such is life sometimes
