Three guys are sitting at a bar.
First guy: “Yeah, I make $75,000 a year after taxes.”
Second guy: “What do you do for a living?”
First guy: “I’m a stockbroker. How much do you make?
Second guy: “I should clear $60,000 this year.”
First guy: “What do you do?”
Second guy: “I’m an architect.”
The third guy sits there quietly, staring into his beer, and then the others turn to him.
Second guy: “Hey, how much do you make per year?”
Third guy: “I guess about $13,000.”
First guy: “Oh yeah? What kind of stories do you write?”
[Editor’s note: Last figures I heard was that the average writer makes less than $15,000 a year from his or her writing. Must be something more than money driving people to write. What drives you?]
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