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andrewducker) wrote2011-12-02 11:00 am
andrewducker) wrote2011-12-02 11:00 am
Interesting Links for 02-12-2011
- Apple: Siri isn't anti-abortion. Glad to hear it!
- Ministers announce U-turn on mobility benefit cut - Yaaaay!
- A Londoner’s Guide to Living in New York: Part 1.1: Language (I laughed at the translations)
- Having problems motivating yourself to write? You need "Written? Kitten!", the world's best motivator!
- HP Printers Can Be Hacked to Catch on Fire
- New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact (Just what we need!)
- What it's like to sleep with cats
Re: Writing Motivation
Time is money. So most writers aren't motivated by money, but want the money in order to have the time to write.
For example, I have one (1) clear day a week for writing. I expect to be able to manage 1.5 novels a year once underway on the two series I have built. I am 43, so have a mere [don't want to think about it] writing years ahead of me. I have more tales to tell than time to write them - unless I can get a living wage out of my writing, then I can write more.
If somebody - because I feel that's where this question is leading - pirates a writer's work, then they are eating into that time. No matter how clever the argument about IP, that's what it comes down to.