Will Write for Cupcakes

Reading through Prospera Publishing's newsletter yesterday, I came across this:

Forget about equating writing with financial reward. You need to write because you love it, not because you want that contract and a place in the bestseller charts. The first should help with the second, but writing is one of those jobs that pays nothing for a very long time, and the sooner you come to terms with this, the better you'll feel about continuing your work.

And I had to smile, because this is such a gre...