See? It's all easy.
Once you eliminate the necessity to make a living at it, you're free to do whatever you want. And then, if someone actually PAYS you for your work...BONUS!
It took me quite a while to edge past that expectation of a money return. Oh, I would like to make a lot of royalties, but so many readers are looking for stories other than the type I write. As long as there are a few out there who enjoy my books, I'll keep muddling through. Sometime in the future, about a hundred years down the road, I'll be required reading.
Until then, like a mad scientist, I'll continue to create characters that dance to my whims.
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Yep, that's it in a nutshell. As I have always said if someone plonks down a couple of bucks to buy your book that's a huge thing. As for making lots of money? Few writers do and fewer -the braver ones - the real ones - admit it
ReplyDeleteYeah. Can't obsess about the Benjamins. It's self-defeating.
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