Greatly Exaggerated

The rumors of my wealth are greatly exaggerated. How about yours? After all, we all know that most writers live in mansions sipping martinis. We spend long vacations in villas in Tuscany. Evidently we have expensive cars and servants, too. (Or is that minions?) ;)

I recently overheard an aspiring author telling folks that the only reason certain writers have a reading audience (and so many books published) is because said writers have money. This is a bizarre statement for many reasons.

1. I ha...