Is Your Writing a Business or a Hobby?
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3 responses to “Is Your Writing a Business or a Hobby?”
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At the beginning – 1983/4 I was fooled into thinking i’d continue making money. Ha ha…I was commissioned (?) to write two books by a mainstream, London Publishing House Kogan Page Ltd., was paid well and one book went to a second reprint. Royalties were excellent and even library payouts were promising..I also won a few reasonable money prizes for my poetry. Then ‘life’ intruded and although I continued writing modest amounts of poetry and ran a group, I didn’t write another book until 2005.OH DEAR! How things had changed! Luckily, I won lst prize (generous) for an International s.story comp in Torrevieja, Spain – to where we had relocated, but my Memoir (not mainstream!) had struggled to make much.. Ditto my other six books. I have just finished my 10th…Luckily I had saved…but do think writers deserve a fairer share of the pie! I am NOT technical but still love writing, so carry on scribbling….Cheers! .
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It is a great pity we are not better paid!
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definitely wondered this myself …
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