How hard is it to make a living as a writer? It's so hard, Ann Bauer writes, that a lot of writers have undisclosed sources of income — an inheritance, maybe, or a spouse with a well-paying full-time job with benefits: "Those with privilege and luck don’t want the riffraff knowing the details. After all, if 'those people' understood the differences in our lives, they might revolt. Or, God forbid, not see us as somehow more special, talented and/or deserving than them."
January 27, 2015
