Simon Kuper, the Financial Times columnist knows a thing or two about writing. He’s won awards for his works. His advice to would-be authors – “To survive in this former profession, you probably need a rich spouse or rich parents” The median annual income of British professional writers (ie people whose main job is writing) is now just £11,000. With a cover price of £8.99 yielding just 39p to the author, most authors are writing for other reasons. Not many Dickenses now giving us poor London. The same may be said for many a creative artist…
