Deborah Copaken
This is so cliché, but it's true: write the book you want to read but can't find in the bookstore. Also, a day job is a good hedge against disaster. I had a full-time tech job, a TV writing job, and a magazine job while writing Ladyparts, which I wrote in the wee hours of the morning. In other words, don't count on writing as your sole source of income. Do count on writing as income for your soul.
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