tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post750689249106278562..comments2024-03-28T13:18:28.238+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: Everybody's at itMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-15543219869661716562010-12-06T16:02:58.799+00:002010-12-06T16:02:58.799+00:00Even though it does not seem difficult to become a...Even though it does not seem difficult to become a writer, I think that what it is hard to make money because you need to be very good at doing it so. I would love to write my own book about <a href="http://www.iservepharmacy.com/" rel="nofollow">viagra online</a> because I know it would be successfulviagra onlinehttp://www.iservepharmacy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-61530016071162703602007-08-26T00:44:00.000+01:002007-08-26T00:44:00.000+01:00Ah, the comment box abbreviates web-addresses. I...Ah, the comment box abbreviates web-addresses. I will split it over two lines.<BR/><BR/>David Morrell's interview is at<BR/><BR/>http://www.fresnobee.com/221/<BR/>v-printerfriendly/story/117715.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-260111513561858642007-08-26T00:42:00.000+01:002007-08-26T00:42:00.000+01:00How many authors are making a living, as opposed t...How many authors are making a living, as opposed to how many would be authors are there?<BR/><BR/>According to this interview with David Morrell (who created Rambo among others) <BR/>http://www.fresnobee.com/221/v-printerfriendly/story/117715.html<BR/><BR/>"David Morrell estimates there are no more than 2,500 people in the United States earning a living writing fiction. In fact, he pegs the number at closer to 1,000."<BR/><BR/>Don't give up the day job - the chances you won't be able to afford to do otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-31089110546446469602007-08-24T18:36:00.000+01:002007-08-24T18:36:00.000+01:00I would guess that the percentage of wanna-be writ...I would guess that the percentage of wanna-be writers in the US is far higher. With as many laptops crowding the countless Starbucks, it has to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-18469261503184970212007-08-24T18:07:00.000+01:002007-08-24T18:07:00.000+01:00I like the sound of 'Cinnamon Teal'Thanks for that...I like the sound of 'Cinnamon Teal'<BR/>Thanks for that information. I have sent off to get an idea of shipping time and costs etc. Since my "Awakening Love" may well run to 400 pages they may well be able to keep the cost down to a reasonable retail price. (Sales resistance sets in if a book is over the average price for a novel - unless the book is highly desirable for one reason or another - "Revelations of a Sex-Mad Vicar" might do it, but my "Awakening Love" has no such pull!)<BR/>Gladys Hobson <BR/><BR/>Oh, and I have considered myself a Golden Oldie since I was about sixty, a Silver Surfer when I was about 68 (my husband could not wrestle me away from my Apple Mac) and now I am almost 75 I guess I am now a Wrinkly Writer. And I have never been so active (in every respect!) Writing, publishing and doing my best at marketing. (Plus all the usual domestic roles and personal hobbies)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-66327810824694249202007-08-24T16:04:00.000+01:002007-08-24T16:04:00.000+01:00I usually agree with you, but, damn, Grumpy, sixty...I usually agree with you, but, damn, Grumpy, sixty is an oldie? 80 and over is oldie time for me. Yes, we living in a "youth culture" but it really goes up when everyone is astounded that, gasp! a person over thirty is being published. Hide the author photo, quick.<BR/>LynLyn LeJeunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431268067667173137noreply@blogger.com