tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16766354.post8831564556419900401..comments2023-06-13T00:56:08.694-07:00Comments on Dancing to Dirges: The pampered life of the full-time/full-time writerTim Akershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01749644135364065658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16766354.post-51282727195851359952010-06-10T07:07:12.500-07:002010-06-10T07:07:12.500-07:00I should have answered this a long time ago. Sorry...I should have answered this a long time ago. Sorry.<br /><br />The most common ticket out is when the royalties from your back catalog are enough to support you. This means that books have to earn out, and then you have to have several books that are trickling income in over the year. The advances you get are just icing, or something you shove into savings as reserve against the inevitable rainy day.Tim Akershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01749644135364065658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16766354.post-25049946077647922982010-04-30T19:35:59.613-07:002010-04-30T19:35:59.613-07:00Somewhere in my head, I hold the idea that the tic...Somewhere in my head, I hold the idea that the ticket to not having a day job isn't in the actual published works, but in the optioning of those works for other forms that usually never get made. It's probably not true.Marshdrifterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418969826884078761noreply@blogger.com