The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoIcelandic forensicsstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1723arrow-down15
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minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-21 year agoKeep in mind, that’s just the people famous enough to have English Wikipedia articles. There’s no way 1 in 10 people in Iceland are full-time professional authors publishing a book every year. In the US, most authors I personally know write for fun and have a novel or few on something like wattpad and they’ve made exactly $0 on it.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYep. My mom has written multiple published novels but she considers it something she does for fun more than anything.
Keep in mind, that’s just the people famous enough to have English Wikipedia articles.
There’s no way 1 in 10 people in Iceland are full-time professional authors publishing a book every year.
In the US, most authors I personally know write for fun and have a novel or few on something like wattpad and they’ve made exactly $0 on it.
Yep. My mom has written multiple published novels but she considers it something she does for fun more than anything.