It was reading this quote that persuaded self she needed to join the Authors Guild:
I have supplemented my income with secondary activities. I teach now and then on a freelance basis. I have done some freelance commercial writing. But two years ago I lost my big freelance client, and my income has dropped by 20 to 40 percent a year. In the past, I have resorted to desperate measures. I like to say my last book is so big because it’s a tombstone to the 401k that gave its life so the book could live.
— from “Among the Digital Luddites,” Authors Guild Bulletin, Winter 2015
