Tell Me, Is It Really Worth It?
Got the statement for my quarterly royalties from one of my publishers.
It's enough to go our for a nice dinner. Oh my. Surely I could make more money doing something else that required fro less time. In fact, there is one job I do that take less time and I make far more money.
For years, I've been helping people write program designs for facilities for residential care homes for the mentally ill, developmentally disable adults, and the elderly. The problem is, the requests are sporadic. Of course it's better for someone to create their own design, but not everyone is capable of it.
Each regional center has it's own requirement about what ought to be in the design and how it's laid you. It's a tedious and exacting task. No matter how carefully you work, the regional center will send it back for changes. I should say, all but one regional center and it is usually happy with what I've done for them. They may ask more from the provider, but it will be something personal that I can't do for them.
So, why do I continue writing? Mainly because it's an addiction and I can't really help myself. I have fans who want to know what's going to happen to Deputy Tempe Crabtree and her pastor husband next, or what catastrophe will hit the Rocky Bluff P.D. and its officers and their family. And guess what, I want to know too.
So despite the fact I'm about a thousand light years away from being a best seller, I'm probably going to keep on writing until I can't anymore.
Marilyn
It's enough to go our for a nice dinner. Oh my. Surely I could make more money doing something else that required fro less time. In fact, there is one job I do that take less time and I make far more money.
For years, I've been helping people write program designs for facilities for residential care homes for the mentally ill, developmentally disable adults, and the elderly. The problem is, the requests are sporadic. Of course it's better for someone to create their own design, but not everyone is capable of it.
Each regional center has it's own requirement about what ought to be in the design and how it's laid you. It's a tedious and exacting task. No matter how carefully you work, the regional center will send it back for changes. I should say, all but one regional center and it is usually happy with what I've done for them. They may ask more from the provider, but it will be something personal that I can't do for them.
So, why do I continue writing? Mainly because it's an addiction and I can't really help myself. I have fans who want to know what's going to happen to Deputy Tempe Crabtree and her pastor husband next, or what catastrophe will hit the Rocky Bluff P.D. and its officers and their family. And guess what, I want to know too.
So despite the fact I'm about a thousand light years away from being a best seller, I'm probably going to keep on writing until I can't anymore.
Marilyn
Comments
An important message for new writers: you probably won't make a lot of money writing. That will definitely discourage some people - as it should. Because, if you write solely for money, you're in the wrong profession.
We write because we love to create, we have some things we need to share and because we have to.
I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't write.
Wendy
W.S. Gager on Writing
LOL A royalty check big enough to go out to dinner? I could probably go to McDonald's on mine. :) If I were in this for the money, then I'd be doing something else. It's all about entertaining readers.