Authors Need Side Jobs

I am a fan of the Reddit relationships subreddit. It is a board where you can post questions about relationships. One girl graduated from college and posted there. She lives with her boyfriend who also graduated from college. The problem is that her boyfriend thinks he is a professional book author. He is still working on his first book.

Doh! It is okay to have a hobby like writing books. It is not okay if you only work on your hobby and do not make any money. Time for this guy to get a job or get out. The economics of book writing are not too good, at least for authors. Even successful ones usually have some other way to make money.

I was surprised that Beth Revis commented on this post. Beth is a professional author. She spent 10 years teaching while writing books on the side. One of her books actually took 10 years before she was able to get it published. I know Beth has written follow on stories for the Stars Wars genre. I think she is most famous for her Across The Universe trilogy. I plan to buy book one in that series.