Stover's Rules of Writing 2

In response to another query, here are another couple of general principles of Stoverrific Fictifying.

One correspondent asked if I had any advice for How to Become a Writer of SF&F, to which my reply is two-fold:

First, don't quit your day job. This particular guy works for the government, so he's got benefits that he should not give up. As a full-time writer, you'd better have a spouse with a real job, because there ain't none a them fancy newfangled doohickeys like health coverage and a...