*sigh*

[ksmith]

An interesting post by an agent tailor-made to burst my little soap bubble dreams.

I dream of the quit-the-day-job deal. I am also a tad security-conscious. I once took one of those on-the-job personality tests--the results were a tie between "entrepreneur" and "security", which is about as conflicted a result as you can get.

To be a full-time writer. The books need to keep selling, and you need to keep writing them. For 20, 30, 40 years or more.

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[mevennen.livejournal.com]

I was only able to go freelance because I had rental income. But most of the time, like now, I've had to have a second job - I can get away with part time, but it's not been easy.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I know several writers who in some way have had real estate to fall back on. They either scrimped and saved and bought properties before a boom, or own a primary residence in a good area.

The prospect of going freelance would terrify me. But I don't work well unless things are settled, and things don't get much more unsettled as they do when you're freelance.