Goodreads asked Marcia Meier:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Marcia Meier I had a professor in college tell me, when I expressed interest in freelancing for magazines, to get a full-time job with a newspaper and write on the side. "When you're making more money freelancing, quit your day job," he said. It never happened. Sadly, it's harder today to make money writing than at any time in the recent past (meaning the past 30 years or so). Six years ago, I made a pretty good living freelancing.Today, I support myself as a developmental book editor and write on the side.

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