Guest Post by Lori Widmer: Fiction Writers: What are you worth?

Every day, I write a blog aimed at freelance writers who want to build and grow a business. Four years ago, I started a now-annual movement called Writers Worth Week, where writers of all genres celebrate their value and raise awareness among our peers. As fiction writers, you face the same challenges that your non-fiction counterparts struggle with. Fiction writing is as much a business pursuit as is non-fiction writing. Yet are you treating it that way? There is a misconception in the writing community – and among fiction writers, as well – that fiction is not "real work." Those...