"I had dreamed of being a novelist since I was a kid, and now am the astonished author of 15 books and counting," former Seattle Times reporter William Dietrich writes in the winter Nieman Reports. The transition hasn't been seamless. There was one year when Dietrich says he had no income. But the biggest challenge was learning the business: "Your mission is to become a brand, figure out how to market it, and then reapply for your job every year or two."
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