My Brilliant (Non) Career
For the past few weeks I've agonised over what to do with my non-existent writing career. I've been pounding words out of keyboards on a semi-professional and professional basis since 1993 - that's 21 years - and have made nothing. In that time I've seen many a person lift my work, my writing, my research and more, and cash in. Good on them - they can live with it. I've been accused of many things, being a hack, being no good, being a plagiarist. I've been accused to actually killing an artist I never met - the list is endless. Then something happened.
When I started the Keith Chatto book I wondered if anyone would read it. They did. I wondered if anyone enjoyed it. I have no idea as the feedback has also been non-existent. But, and this stunned me, I made more money out of the Chatto book, which was given away free under the proviso that a donation would be nice, than I have all the other books I've had published to date. Mind you, the amount for…
When I started the Keith Chatto book I wondered if anyone would read it. They did. I wondered if anyone enjoyed it. I have no idea as the feedback has also been non-existent. But, and this stunned me, I made more money out of the Chatto book, which was given away free under the proviso that a donation would be nice, than I have all the other books I've had published to date. Mind you, the amount for…