Don't quit your day job.

By R.J. Harlick

What advice would you offer a new writer wanting to get their first novel published in today’s highly competitive publishing environment?
Like the subject line says, don’t quit your day job. Sorry to be such a downer to all of you aspiring writers hoping to make the big-time with your writing. It ain’t going to happen. Only a small percentage of published novelists, either traditionally published or self-published earn enough to support themselves.  And those that make...