Not for sale?

For some reason, I deeply resent being asked if I "really get paid" for these writings. I guess it's mostly the implications I imagine are behind the question, some of which I'm sure are real!

For one thing, please know that I do not write here for money.
I write if/when I feel like it, as should be evidenced by my long history of sporadicity.
That's also why I've avoided writing as a career up to this point - I don't want to write on someone else's schedule, or pay schedule, or for someone else's purpose.

Seems to me that you always have to sacrifice some part of a creative activity to get paid for it, unless you're somehow lucky enough to be sponsored or discovered, or if you're already famous or something (please stop writing children's books, celebrities with no talent for the craft). The purpose of this blog is, without question, so that I can write without any restrictions other than my own. If/when I receive any money for anything I write, I will definitely consider it luck...and gladly accept it.

Maybe instead of asking "are you really getting paid," you should be asking, "where can I send my contribution?"

This concludes another free post. =)



"Money is not a thing, it is not even a process. It is a kind of shared dream. We dream that a small disc of common metal is worth the price of a substantial meal. Once you wake up from that dream, you can swim in a sea of money." - Terry Pratchett (paid to write)

"Interestingly, the US nickel coin contains 0.04 oz (1.25 g) of nickel, which at this new price is worth 6.5 cents, along with 3.75 grams of copper worth about 3 cents, making the metal value over 9 cents." - Wikipedia author(s) (not paid to write)