Back on the Chain Gang

Another pleasant motivator of writing (and pleasant as in pleasant to earn, instead of pleasant to think about not having) is the money factor. Whatever has a post up called “Unasked for Advice” that sums it up nicely.

“Why am I offering this entirely unsolicited advice about money to new writers? Because it very often appears to me that regardless of how smart and clever and interesting and fun my fellow writers are on every other imaginable subject, when it comes to money — and specifically their own money — writers have as much sense as chimps on crack. It’s not just writers — all creative people seem to have the “incredibly stupid with money” gene set for maximum expression — but since most creative people I know are writers, they’re the nexus of money stupidity I have the most experience with. It makes me sad and also embarrasses the crap out of me; people as smart as writers are ought to know better.”

Oh well. I’m still buying that closing night ticket to Carmen. Pass the pipe.