Thread: Is this a horrible time to be a writer?
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Old 07-08-2010, 01:11 PM   #215
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Originally Posted by Steven Lake View Post
Agreed goodscoolwf. If you're in it for the money, it's never a good time to be a writer. But if you're in it because you love doing it, then it's always a great time to be a writer. .
I would say that it is a lot easier now to make money from writing than it has ever been in the past. Before you had to impress an agent, who then had to impress a publisher, both of which got about 95% of the profit between them. Or you could spend your life savings on self publishing and hope for the best. Now you can just write any old crap, put it on Smashwords (with nothing to pay), and wait for the money to roll in. You might not make enough to cover the time it takes to write, but it's not as if you have anything to lose.
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