I think that at least a few of you are writers, maybe more. I mean honest-to-god working-for-money writers, writers with a small "w" rather than a capital "W." My experience is that writing is a lot like theater: a few stars at the top making the bucks, a middle level with lots of people who work hard and don't make much, and then a lot more hopeful people at the bottom who are trying to make a living writing with no luck so far.
Tell me about it. What kind of writing do you do? The internet has created a bigger market for writers, I did a lot of writing for a content farm for a while, made my living from it. I've published some stuff, all non-fiction. The content farm stuff has dried up, but I've had some gigs writing content for smaller sites. I just finished a gig for a large textbook publisher, one chapter in a new edition of a widely published textbook. Not a lot of money, but I'll also get some credit, get my name out there a little more.
I have a couple of nearly finished manuscripts, again non-fiction. One is a self-help book, one is a textbook.
I used to belong to a group of writers who would post every day what their goals were, what they were doing to complete assignments, find new assignments, goals and struggles with their own projects. I miss it a bit. Would love to here from you JWN resident writers about your goals, successes, struggles.