The additional pressure on a writer on deadline is to sit and wait for the
muse to hit with your editor on your case for being three days past
deadline. Sometimes I wish I was simply writing the textbook or service
manual and when it gets done, it gets done. I'd probably do a much better
job.

Jim


The last response, by John S. is very astute. Most writers, myself
included, have those happenstances few and far between. The rest of the
time our writing is not nearly as much fun. More like a job. And not a
well-paying one either. The average annual income of a "professional"
writer in California is less than $7,000 per annum.