ext_182951 ([identity profile] frankleblanc.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] alg 2006-05-15 04:58 pm (UTC)

Pessimistic?

Your article may be slightly pessimistic but not nearly as much as an editor I once met in Banff, Alberta in 1999. Our conversation went like this:

"What do you write?" he asked.

"Short fiction."

"HA!" he mocked, "Good luck, buddy!"

"How can I improve my chances?"

"You really wanna make money writing? OK here's what you do: first become a big celebrity, then write a cookbook."

No kidding. That's what he said. I still write but not as much or as enthusiastically as I did five or six years ago. I have not yet started a cookbook.

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