Surprising Reasons Writers Should Keep Their Day Jobs

Guide to Literary Agents :

Spend any time around writers, and you’ll hear us joking—well, half-joking—about wanting to make enough money on our next book to quit our day job. But the truth is, I wouldn’t give up my day job even if my next book brought in six figures.

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[kerriberri]

05:52 PM on 07/15/2011

7. A day job will overcome the social isolation of a writer's life. Ever wondered why the "greats" became so crotchety in their later years? Way too much time ALONE (which is what it actually takes to be a great writer). Keep the day job. Stay happy.

[SF TKF]

01:15 PM on 06/22/2011

Blatantly obvious that this woman isn’t writing commercial fiction (where you’re expected to produce two books a year, minimum). A year and half on one book? Yeah, keep your day job.

[BlackJAC]

04:48 PM on 06/22/2011

Lawrence Block wrote the first Matthew Scudder novel in about two weeks.  Hell, if you can sustain your creative drive you could knock off a thousand words or so a day.

[BlackJAC]

11:58 AM on 06/22/2011

6. A day job can also give you access to a photocopier for "free" copies of your works.