I know why the bipolar bear weeps

Being America's Favorite Lower Mid-list Urban Fantasy Author is a burden, but one I lovingly accept.

That said, I'd like to talk for a moment about what it means to be a writer nowadays.  When I was a kid, I remember hearing about Stephen King when he published Carrie.  It was his first gig as a novelist, got a nice advance and BOOM, he was a full time writer who could suddenly afford food and to not have to another job anymore, in his case teaching.  That still happens these days (Mr. Rothfuss,