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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 7768770" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>Stock and business wise I normally don't get into that here. </p><p></p><p>However, on a more personal level I've been involved with writing and publishing for a while, over 20 years at this point (actually longer than that, but 20 years is a nice round number to look at). It was more with my personal involvement than anything dealing with what I actually did for work. Some of it has been published by other companies and some of it has been published on my own. </p><p></p><p>Got my start originally with the magazines (though back then they did things somewhat differently, similar idea with submissions though). Moved onto books after a few years. Unfortunately, not a ton of fiction in there. I do fiction as a hobby and for fun, but a lot of non-fiction was a side job (not the main one I did to make money, but a side job I did sort of as a combination of hobby/keeping my foot in the door as I made enough money otherwise and couldn't focus as much time on the side job as I wanted).</p><p></p><p>Currently retired, and now that I have all the free time keep telling myself I should write more but keep getting side tracked with other hobbies and avoiding work (even the side job/hobby). I tend to spend more time with RPGs, boardgames, and other things these days (and old movies and TV shows) then writing. I do still tend to do some non-fiction work (last was probably within the past few months) and ghost writing, but I always want to do that novel everyone dreams about. Obviously...not much progress has been made.</p><p></p><p>Spend more time looking at the stocks and hoping my retirement doesn't crash as well as the above hobbies I mentioned. I've gotten into video games heavily for once as well. It's funny, you get all these big plans for when you will retire, and when you actually do, you spend more time relaxing and doing hobbies than a lot of the other things you thought you would do (such as writing that novel, or travelling the world for fun for once in locations you always dreamed about visiting as a teen. I suppose some do it, but I just seem to do other things and relax instead).</p><p></p><p>I have several family members that are active in the industry right now though (and probably one or two that many here would recognize instantly, which is even more of a reason to not divulge a ton so I don't tarnish their good names by being associated with me!!) and if anything, I've learned that there is no one way to success in writing, publishing, or art.</p><p></p><p>There are probably as many ways to success in these areas today as there are those with the drive and will to succeed in doing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 7768770, member: 4348"] Stock and business wise I normally don't get into that here. However, on a more personal level I've been involved with writing and publishing for a while, over 20 years at this point (actually longer than that, but 20 years is a nice round number to look at). It was more with my personal involvement than anything dealing with what I actually did for work. Some of it has been published by other companies and some of it has been published on my own. Got my start originally with the magazines (though back then they did things somewhat differently, similar idea with submissions though). Moved onto books after a few years. Unfortunately, not a ton of fiction in there. I do fiction as a hobby and for fun, but a lot of non-fiction was a side job (not the main one I did to make money, but a side job I did sort of as a combination of hobby/keeping my foot in the door as I made enough money otherwise and couldn't focus as much time on the side job as I wanted). Currently retired, and now that I have all the free time keep telling myself I should write more but keep getting side tracked with other hobbies and avoiding work (even the side job/hobby). I tend to spend more time with RPGs, boardgames, and other things these days (and old movies and TV shows) then writing. I do still tend to do some non-fiction work (last was probably within the past few months) and ghost writing, but I always want to do that novel everyone dreams about. Obviously...not much progress has been made. Spend more time looking at the stocks and hoping my retirement doesn't crash as well as the above hobbies I mentioned. I've gotten into video games heavily for once as well. It's funny, you get all these big plans for when you will retire, and when you actually do, you spend more time relaxing and doing hobbies than a lot of the other things you thought you would do (such as writing that novel, or travelling the world for fun for once in locations you always dreamed about visiting as a teen. I suppose some do it, but I just seem to do other things and relax instead). I have several family members that are active in the industry right now though (and probably one or two that many here would recognize instantly, which is even more of a reason to not divulge a ton so I don't tarnish their good names by being associated with me!!) and if anything, I've learned that there is no one way to success in writing, publishing, or art. There are probably as many ways to success in these areas today as there are those with the drive and will to succeed in doing it. [/QUOTE]
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