Marsha commented:
>I'd just like to interject that NOTHING to do with books/
>literature pays, in comparison to other sectors' salaries.
>
>When I managed a bookstore, my daughter received
>free hot lunch at school.
>
>When I was a textbook editor, she was eligible for
>reduced price lunches.
>
>My first two library director positions were in small
>libraries, paying considerably less than $20,000/year.
>
>And George R.R. Martin told me that even after his
>first two books were published, and he was in WHO'S
>WHO, he was on foodstamps.
>
>We're not involved with literature for money, we do what
>we do because it pleasures us to do so.
>
Yeah, what she said. If I wasn't in a two income house, I wouldn't make
enough as a bookstore owner and self-employed staff member to pay for my
son's daycare. let alone anything else.
All right, who's going to write a clever short story with those in the book
biz being highly respected and HIGHLY PAID?!?! 'Cause it'd have to be SF or
fantasy...
Maryelizabeth
Mysterious Galaxy 619-268-4747
3904 Convoy St, #107 800-811-4747
San Diego, CA 92111 619-268-4775 FAX
http://www.mystgalaxy.com
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