tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post1383146840494454072..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: Changing careersEolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-43344874384523945732013-08-11T04:38:05.573+00:002013-08-11T04:38:05.573+00:00The next Stephen King or J.K. Rowling will not be ...The next Stephen King or J.K. Rowling will not be self-published.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-65736164861685539002013-08-10T04:05:38.321+00:002013-08-10T04:05:38.321+00:00We also know from that article (from the author of...We also know from that article (from the author of Wool) that there are a surprisingly big number of self-published authors now who are making their own living that way.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-37078486508318367712013-08-10T01:22:03.106+00:002013-08-10T01:22:03.106+00:00It was probably better that way - I mean Dickens d...It was probably better that way - I mean Dickens did it, so it can be done, but it required real talent and a real love. As well as the usual luck, but that's still a big factor anyway.Dave Nielsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-48439971834146223872013-08-09T15:56:13.522+00:002013-08-09T15:56:13.522+00:00Yeah, it's less than a century yet that the em...Yeah, it's less than a century yet that the emergence of the Middle Class has given a great number of people *any* leisure time at all for that kind of 'nonsense'. Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-2753520839502636512013-08-09T09:14:57.590+00:002013-08-09T09:14:57.590+00:00I think affluence has given us more options. Up un...I think affluence has given us more options. Up until about a century ago only the upper class could devote significant time to things that didn't make money because otherwise they starved. The only options were patronage or working excessive hours, unless someone became successful, and then it was still a lot of effort.Kennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-25197447354453267542013-08-09T01:51:21.619+00:002013-08-09T01:51:21.619+00:00I wonder if in past decades or centuries there wer...I wonder if in past decades or centuries there were as many people who tried to be writers but failed due to a total lack of talent. Or did people used to have more realistic goals?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-68520510928267278412013-08-08T22:24:43.138+00:002013-08-08T22:24:43.138+00:00I've sometimes joked about starting a career a...I've sometimes joked about starting a career as a professional photographer and how I could manage it for a couple of years until the money ran out.Kennoreply@blogger.com