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Originally Posted by kennyc
Yes, it has always been thus and not only writers, but in the other arts as well.
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Which is typical. Very few fiction/poetry/etc writers actually make a 'living wage' from it. Most have a day job -- teaching, technical or journalistic writing, doctor, engineer etc.
Only the top tier like Steven King, etc. are able to live on it and even then we have the vast disparity between the incomes like his and the rest who have to have that day job just to survive.
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Yep and even the top tier writer's started out having to work other jobs to make ends meet til they made it. Mr. King was a teacher and would spend his summers working in a laundry to keep his family going.