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Carlene Hill Byron I learned from the first article I was ever assigned to write (way back in 1980, for the Boston Phoenix's arts section) that the average published aut…moreI learned from the first article I was ever assigned to write (way back in 1980, for the Boston Phoenix's arts section) that the average published author at that time was earning less than $5K per year from their books. That's about $14K in 2021 dollars. Not a living by any stretch!!

Today, income from books and other writing is much lower -- ballpark $3.5K on average for published authors. There's lots that goes into that decline, but it makes me glad I decided to build my career around writing-as-a-tool instead of writing-as-a-focus. I'm happy to be sharing some ideas about a passion in my first book, Not Quite Fine. And I'm happy I'm not relying on the book for my retirement income!(less)
Carlene Hill Byron 1. Schedule time at the desk. 2. Allow myself a fairly wild and random writing strategy, where I freewrite endlessly on the assumption I'll throw most…more1. Schedule time at the desk. 2. Allow myself a fairly wild and random writing strategy, where I freewrite endlessly on the assumption I'll throw most of it out. 3. Create idea patches on my whiteboard with multicolor stickers, so I can (wildly and randomly) grab some concept to write on today, then figure out later if it fits and where.
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"Will You Still Read Me When I'm 64?

My sister told me this morning that delivery of Not Quite Fine has been delayed to Oct 7 due to COVID-related supply chain yada yada yada, which we all know about.

But that means it will be delivered ON MY BIRTHDAY!! How awesome is that?

And it also means that the delivery date itself guarantees a positive answer to my 64th birthday song question:

"Will you still read me when I'm 64?"

Yes! Everyone wh Read more of this blog post »
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