It is a slippery slope for some, especially among the less talented. It seems many indies are only interested in the money (because there’s so much money to be made from writing novels). For them, indie publishing is a job, instead of a passion/implacable/unscratchable urge to create.

But…the job is writing… We just want creative work to pay for itself—it is still *work* it is still *a job* Like y’all I have never worked harder than hustling to take press photos for my portfolio without a press pass to do it with