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April 4, 2006 Difference is the spice of life 
"So you're doing a lot of writing right now," said EA, flipping through my recently purchased 2006 Writer's Market. "Yes. Well, 20 minutes a day, anyway." "Are you sending anything out?" "I have one story out right now. I figure I should hear back about it being rejected in the next week or two." (You may find this conversation very odd: He doesn't know already? Hasn't he read it? No, and no. 1. I am chicken, as you may have noticed; and 2. It's not the kind of thing he normally likes to read. I don't want to put him in the position of trying to say something positive about a genre he dislikes. It would be bad for both of us.) "If it gets accepted, how much will you make?" "Most of the lower-tier science fiction and fantasy markets pay in the range of one cent per word." "So that would be..." "For this story, about $30." He is silent. "Trust me," I said, "You don't do this for the money." "I guess not." Posted by Andrea at April 4, 2006 8:37 AM under Wordsmithery EMAIL this entry (comments fields are below this section) Trackback Pings TrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Difference is the spice of life:
» Wanna be a writer? from tcbbz.com Tracked on April 4, 2006 12:03 PM Comments It is hard to equate the creative effort with a financial payoff. It's taken Andy a long time to realize that the 'million dollar art collection' we have might net us maybe $500 a year. But the feeling of working and working is so great! Keep working at it!! Posted by: rachel at April 4, 2006 11:20 AM
AGAIN; substitute our names for yours and there you go! Good luck! Posted by: Sarah at April 4, 2006 2:50 PM
Unless you're smack in the mainstream of pop culture and have a huge marketing machine behind you, it's hard to get anywhere on talent alone. Everyone I know who's trying to make a buck or two following their creative interests has come to the conclusion that you have to love what you're doing enough to do it for free, 'cause in reality it pays less than minimum wage (knitters, painters, crafts-people, singers, dancers....) But if what you pursue fills you up inside and makes your soul sing ... well then, that's priceless! Posted by: Lee at April 4, 2006 7:39 PM
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