JOHN SCALZI: Writers And Financial Woes: What’s Going On. I make a decent amount of “extra money” from opeds, columns, books, etc. But that just makes me respect (and feel sorry for) people who actually make their living by writing more. If the check for my column is two weeks late, it’s mildly annoying but doesn’t affect my ability to, you know, pay the mortgage. Real writers are in a different position, unless their name is Grisham, Rowling or, maybe, Scalzi.

Plus, some related thoughts from Toby Buckell. I really liked his Sly Mongoose.