When Writing was About Money

I've admitted it before: I used to think writing would make me rich.

True story. I was dumb. I'm a little smarter now. (just a little)

My first stumbling block? I had no idea how many people were trying to write/sell fiction. Finding an agent/publisher for fiction is enormously competitive at the same time fewer people are reading fiction.

I know...what the (insert explicative)? How does something like this happen?

Sorry. Off track. This is about writing and money, not the ins and outs of the non-re