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For many years, I fought myself on exploring these other paths of monetization. Some part of me felt like I was “giving up” on the dream of being a full-time, professional writer and author if I made any money whatsoever doing anything except writing. What I ended up realizing is that even when you do start making money off your writing, you’re

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The whole time I was practicing to be a writer, I always had a day job. Even after I got published, I didn’t quit my day job, just to be on the safe side. In fact, I didn’t quit my day job (or my day jobs, I should say) until I had already written three books—and those three books were all published by major houses and were all reviewed nicely in

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Things should be costly (either in materials or the effort we put in) because it proves love and sacrifice went into it — for the benefit of all.

I have had, by any measure, a very fortunate writing career. I have been published in the US, across Europe, and as far away as Australia. Publishers put my words out into the world, and readers read them. It is more than any writer has any right to imagine or expect.

And, for a dollar, I’ll suck your dick.

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People need to eat and pay the rent. “An amateur is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint,” said artist Ben Shahn. “A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.” Whether an artist makes money off his work or not, money has to come from somewhere, be it a day job, a wealthy spouse, a trust

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