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This article is a helpful reminder that many of the great novelists of the past did not make their living at it. Some few were independently wealthy, but most had a day job. The career novelist is a modern (from about the 19th century) phenomenon and, argues the author of the article, possibly a dated one.
Writing for it's own sake may be coming back into vogue.
Writing for it's own sake may be coming back into vogue.