Comments on: Unasked-For Advice to New Writers About Money

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:54:30 +0000

I forget how to mark a post as spam, so I will have to settle for this:

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post 10:48 is spam

By: types of weed

types of weed — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:48:41 +0000

what an excellant idea for debate , im surprised theres not more response to this , thanks for making me think about this , at least for awhile anyway. i will return to see any future thoughts on it .

By: Jo Pearson

Jo Pearson — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:40:51 +0000

Thanks for this, it has some really helpful pointers.

I wanted to ask if you’d considered asking Charlie Stross if you could link this in some way to his terrific “Common Misconceptions About Publishing”?

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/04/common-misconceptions-about-pu-1.html

I think if they were linked or combined in some fashion they’d provide an invauable reasource to young, naive or starting-out writers (or any combination of the three).

I feel bad asking you this because I realise it would generate yet more (unpaid) work on your behalf, but I guess…. er… it would make you Even More Awesome?

All the Best,

By: dave

dave — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:45:35 +0000

I’ve read this about 6 times over the past few years just to help me stay on track. Thanks for posting this!

By: souplovespie

souplovespie — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:57:44 +0000

o__o; Crap, you’re so effen right. Haah, I’m a writer and I SUCK with money, my mom even knows so.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:46:13 +0000

I am impressed with your points and advice on writing for money. I’m actually working on a creative writing website, I’ve interviewed a few successful writers, Piers Anthony admits if it wasn’t for his wife supporting him, he wouldn’t be where he was today.

I agree that writing is a business. And I will admit I am a person who dreams about writing full time, perhaps it’s only a dream, but that’s my goal. I plan to build my website business as my meal ticket to being able to write full time. So thank you for sharing that detail on how hard it is to make money writing.

I managed to work part time writing for a few months and made about $700 a month writing non-fiction articles. My heart wasn’t in though, as I like fiction better, which is even harder to make money, so thanks for showing me that I have to work really hard to succeed.

By: Frugal Living

Frugal Living — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:50:06 +0000

Ha ha ha ha,

Excellent article. I consider myself a creative and also am responsible for doing many of the things you have outlined in the past.

However I am much more responsible now and trying hard to cull those old debts and get my head straight. As of now things are working out quite well.

Thanks,

Forest.

By: John Scalzi

John Scalzi — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:14:11 +0000

Probably not. You should talk to a lawyer.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:07:47 +0000

How dissimilar do two works need to be in order to avoid infringing the copyright of another?

I just sold two books to my publisher. Too many problems with him. I would like to re-write both books and have them published under new titles with a new publisher. Is this legal?

By: J.K.Richard

J.K.Richard — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:17:28 +0000

Yeah, I mean, who reads John Scalzi’s advice anyways…much less almost 11 months after he writes it.

O.o

*whistles*

(Was not here.)