At the Writing Crossroads

Is it worth the time?

Photo by Andraz Lazic on Unsplash

I some done writing in various forms for over 30 years. Admittedly I took some breaks during that time. For the first 25 years of my writing, it primarily took the form of jokes and gags for cartoonists.

At my peak of gag writing for cartoonists, I grossed almost $18,000 a year. But I came to the conclusion that was the apex of what I could expect. One year I made $5,000…