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It’s Never Been a Better Time for Writers

…according to Esquire magazine – read this, it’ll make you feel good!

In music, it’s a truism that technology liberated creators and listeners in magnificent ways but more or less ruined the industry in the process. Even big-name acts have struggled to adapt financially. But the world of writing has escaped this mess. Writers are prospering as never before, on all levels. At the very pinnacle, J.K. Rowling is a billionaire. She is richer than the queen of England. A little lower down the scale, Tom Wolfe was paid $7 million for his last novel. Just to put that in perspective, Charles Dickens’s net worth when he died would be about $10 million today. And for writers starting out, there are more options, more means of access to the marketplace, than ever before. With Fifty Shades of Grey and a whole whack of other e-book miracles, self-publishing has almost lost its stigma.

….A massive process of literary rebirth is under way…

Read more: Writing Careers in 2012 – Stephen Marche on the Golden Age of Writers – Esquire http://www.esquire.com/features/thousand-words-on-culture/writing-careers-1212#ixzz2FACf6A4F

 

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