The Twisted Writer

Agent Nathan Bransford made an entry titled “Will Write For Food”. In it, he discusses the depressing trend of authors bemoaning their finances and pinning their economic hopes on their writing.
Yes, that big success can happen — it’s out there — but it’s like the lottery or one of those lucky few that got [...]

Agent Nathan Bransford blogged about making the leap from small press to larger publishing house.  I’m starting to think that this isn’t going to be a very likely scenario for the short term — as the economy worsens, people will stop spending their money on “non-essentials” like books.
It’s a sad truth, but most people don’t [...]