Comments on: Sharon Cullars Needs Help To Keep Her Home…

By: karen donley

karen donley — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:49:22 +0000

I love my family, but I need a new life.:)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:21:08 +0000

Thanks for the responses. I know it’s nothing to count on, but I just wanted to hear that there’s a glimmer of a chance.

By: Shiloh Walker

Shiloh Walker — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:16:22 +0000

Michelle, I make a living writing.

But you can’t count on that happening. It’s always good to have a back-up plan. Mine is nursing-I can always go back and already I pick up shifts here and there when money is tight.

The best plain is not to count on making a living writing, but to hope for it, work for it…and when it happens, dance a little, be grateful…*G* and then keep on pushing yourself.

By: Karen Scott

Karen Scott — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:20:47 +0000

And that’s all assuming that your future books get contracted in the first place.

By: Karen Scott

Karen Scott — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:19:37 +0000

Hi Michelle, it’s quite common place for authors to have jobs even when they’ve been writing and selling for a few years. I think the key is to have good consistent sales figures and a great backlist, unless you do a JK Rowling. Oh, unless of course you get on Oprah.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:15:10 +0000

I’m planning on contributing.

This brings up an issue — is it feasible or realistic for a person to expect to support herself as a writer? I mean, provided she actually got published, let’s say with Ellora’s Cave? Bottom line from writers, does anybody other than the big names make a living?

I’m not asking people to disclose salaries, but to just help me know if I need to always count on 2 jobs.

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Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:01:07 +0000

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