I've heard it was Mark Twain (who else?) who said writing is a great way to get
rich and a
terrible way to earn a living.
- Patrick Gillam
www.itellyousell.com
--- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> It is a fallacy that there is usually much money from writing books.
> There are execeptions of course, authors of mass appeal like John La
> Carre for instance, but I think even for him the money is not the
> consideration, he still works on and on, despite being rather well
> heeled, then again he is then able to donate money to causes of his
> choice, like making a major donation to his local community meeting
> hall.
>
> Then again, had I written a sychophantic gilded haliography, it would
> have cornered a niche market, even the TM movement would have stocked
> it and I'd be sailing!
>
>
> --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > on 9/6/05 1:06 PM, lupidus108 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > Forget about the finer points.... this Paul fellow is into this
> > > Maharishi-bashing for the money; sales of books, possibly fees from
> > > CIA - and (very) temporary fame.
> >
> > OK Paul, tell us. Are you raking it in? How big is your yacht?
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