The Writer’s Coin

I love reading interviews with authors that I have recently read or like so much I’ll read whatever they come out with.
These are some of my favorite (they are old but really insightful):
- David Foster Wallace on the Charlie Rose show. DFW also at Salon.
- George Saunders interviewed at Bookslut.
- Salvador Plascencia (the author of [...]

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I’m a big believer in this idea of making money in more than one way. The first time I heard it called “diversifying your income” was by Trent over at The Simple Dollar.
It’s why I’m out there trying to get freelance editing, writing, and proofing jobs.
But three years ago I actually made some money with [...]

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So what was the last thing I did or have done to further my artistic goal (this is one of the “sides” of the writer’s coin, get it?) of getting published?
Last week I sent out two short stories to a combined 24 different publications. Some were big ones (New Yorker, Paris Review) but most were [...]

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