*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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[pbray.livejournal.com]

I haven't checked any of the plans out recently, though this is an issue that often gets discussed on the Novelists Ink email loop, since many of our members are full-time writers.

I know NINC had looked into trying to get group health insurance to offer to their members, but the problem is that it's not a huge buying pool, and the demographics of the group aren't attractive to insurers (who want the majority of policy holders to be relatively young and healthy).

Last time I checked, depending on where you lived, one of the cheaper options for getting group health rates was to see if there were plans available to members of your local chamber of commerce, or through professional associations.

The Authors Guild also offers health plans, but I seem to recall that they've had problems keeping an insurance carrier, and in getting coverage outside major metropolitan areas.