The Unglamorously Hard Work Part

In the last few weeks I’ve been talking about writing for the pure love of writing, not as a career, and then I turned to asking what it takes to make a career, beyond serendipity, which is usually one of the most important ingredients. Today, as promised, I’m going to talk about the unglamorously hard work required to make a living as a writer.

It starts with all I’ve been talking about, sitting down to write with consistency. And that begins with defining your writing as your work, because n...