tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813061146389790146.post1230915207720675602..comments2023-03-30T07:16:44.476-04:00Comments on Trac Changes: Publishing: Giving Yours Truly a Sense of Purpose Since 2001Rachel Starkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12888199803208394249noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813061146389790146.post-70162849928221282422009-12-03T11:23:34.088-05:002009-12-03T11:23:34.088-05:00Hi Rachel...love the post! It's so true that ...Hi Rachel...love the post! It's so true that most of us just need a sense of purpose in life...something that fulfills us in one way or another!<br /><br />Me, for instance, I love to write as a hobby. I have no idea how with a full time job, family and little free time that I can still manage it but somehow I always do. My full time job involves doing something completely different and doesn't afford me any type of creativity and I find that this extra "outlet" gives me my daily does of getting out of reality for a bit and using the creative side of my mind. I'm addicted to reading and I just feel the need to write. <br /><br />But I totally agree that most of us don't do it for the money. To be honest I never even planned on trying to get published. Writing for me is more like "me" time and my personal therapy. But to see my writing on paper, bound and for sale, well, that would be an awesome little conquest, wouldn't it?Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188460633615049191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813061146389790146.post-81174556442328369352009-12-03T11:13:53.571-05:002009-12-03T11:13:53.571-05:00I am, as you know, no publisher, but I think what ...I am, as you know, no publisher, but I think what you're saying here is a valuable message for people in any industry (it certainly rings true with me). If you're in it for the money, you're in the wrong business, period; if there's no other passion in it for you, you'll never be able to sustain yourself through the lean periods, and you'll have no motivation to improve yourself if you do manage to find stability in your industry. You need to have that drive or otherwise you're just marking time.<br /><br />Nice, thoughtful post -- I'll have to see if I can find that interview on the web and have a listen. Sounds interesting.<br /><br />Rosalind Wills<br />http://www.solaerawebdesign.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934512120725892036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813061146389790146.post-74063397086421028912009-12-03T10:56:26.470-05:002009-12-03T10:56:26.470-05:00Great post, Rachel! I agree that no one really goe...Great post, Rachel! I agree that no one really goes into publishing expecting to become wealthy. No one's parents push them into it like they do with law or medicine. I remember when I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. Someone asked, "What would you do with your days if you were independently wealthy?" My first answer: read. My second answer: par-tay!<br /><br />On a more serious note, there is some money to be made in publishing: even though editorial assistants typically make somewhere between 29k and 39k, some executives can make close to $180,000.<br /><br />Lauren Moriarty<br />www.slushpiletales.blogspot.comLauren Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09266068053585607128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813061146389790146.post-48451902083572028832009-12-03T10:19:36.041-05:002009-12-03T10:19:36.041-05:00I took the exact same thing away from that intervi...I took the exact same thing away from that interview. I only caught a glimpse, and it was that moment in which he discussed "purpose" and it stuck with me. Wonderful post.Victoria Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570402872200992899noreply@blogger.com