[Politically Correct]

Don’t need income but needed something to do after unexpectedly retiring from medicine due to health issues. The irony, it burns.
Woke up one morning with a plot and a desire to write. Never had a thought about writing before.
Wrote the first three books in about a year and of course made no money to speak of.
Am in the process of finishing the fourth which should be out in a few months. Don’t expect to make any money on it either but the writing has improved and my beta readers like it and describe it as a page turner....hope springs eternal.
I don’t recommend writing as alternative income. The business is cutthroat and the competition is fierce. Thousands will enter, few will win.

[tbw2]

Writing wages have also dropped as competition from Asia has flooded in, cutting the price for many articles to a dollar per hundred words. The pay rate depends on the platform and the topic, but even Demand Media dropped pay rates for most subjects and only kept the top tier rates to those who have verifiable credentials on a topic. For example, only making $50-100 for a long article if you’re a registered nurse or have a similar degree.
The person in India can live on that, most Americans cannot.

[minnesota_bound]

#17 Maybe these sites can help sell your books.

20 Websites To Sell Your EBook
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/sell-ebooks/

How To Sell Ebooks
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-sell-ebooks.html

[cynwoody]

Woke up one morning with a plot and a desire to write. Never had a thought about writing before.
Wrote the first three books in about a year and of course made no money to speak of.
Am in the process of finishing the fourth which should be out in a few months. Don’t expect to make any
money on it either but the writing has improved and my beta readers like it and describe it as a page
turner....hope springs eternal.

If You-know-who can be photographed, e.g., carrying one of your books onto Marine 1, your second career is guaranteed.

Just ask Tom Clancy.