Making a Living as a Full Time Fiction Writer

    Many of us would love to make a living writing fiction, and only fiction, full time.  Aspiring authors find whatever spare time they can muster to write. Would you need to write a bestseller or could you settle for a spartan existence if it meant doing what you love?   No day job, no boss (except maybe your agent or publisher).  Is this a realistic goal?  Realistic, yes.  Worth the sacrifice, maybe.  Only you can decide that for yourself.
 
    Over at BubbleCow they discuss Chip MacGregor's suggestions that the blueprint for becoming a full time writer is complex and is based on a three rule system.

1. You need to have four-to-six books earning you a royalty.
2. You need to have 18 months to 2 years of book contracts.
3. You need to have a plan in place.

Weekly Express

Since I tend to spend way too much time reading other writer's blogs, I thought I would deliver some of the better ones I find. Here are this weeks articles delivered by the Weekly Express:

• Write Because You Love It - Words of wisdom from Author Jody Hedlund.
• 25 Reasons I Hate Your Main Character - More humor and good advice from Chuck Wendig.
• How To Balance Dialogue and Description -  by Sarah Baughman.
• 20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes - Jon Gingerich.
• Are Self-Published Authors Happier Than Traditionally Published Authors? - Joanna Penn.