• Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    You Do What You Can Do…

    Standing Outside Looking In… So many fiction writers who want to make a living with their fiction feel like they are standing outside a huge house looking in at all the writers making a living and just not know how to get inside. There is no secret other than having fun with your writing. All the writers who are making a living longer term have a few things in common (not the flash-in-the-pan ones who appear and vanish.) They all love to read, love to keep learning, love what they are doing with both the publishing and writing. They are all hungry for knowledge concerning anything to do with writing…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Making a Living With Short Fiction 2021

    Back By Popular Demand… Actually, I am bringing this forward from 2014 and then May 2016 and then again July 2018. It is mostly unchanged. I will put in BOLD ALL-CAP ITALICS when I have changed something. A note: I used to say it was possible to make a living writing novels in traditional publishing. I made a great living in traditional with novels for 15 years. That is no longer the case for novels for all but a tiny few in traditional publishing in 2021, but novels indie published you can make good money. ———— Can You Make a Living Writing Only Short Fiction? Every year or so I…