Being a writer has people generally thinking you are as rich as JK Rowling or Nora Roberts. You get that HUGE advance when signing a contract and your books are on the NY Times bestseller list (I Wish!) and that your family and heck, maybe your friends are asking, slyly, for a hand out. Shaking my head, I wonder where the heck they get their perceptions from. I still work for a living to pay the bills, write when I can in between kids activities and family duties yet I still can’t quit the day job to live my dream of writing all day/evening. Writing just won’t pay the bills right now, especially as I start fresh at a new publisher house and my books, as of right now, are e books. I don’t make huge money but I still get that royalty check each month saying, “Yep I sold some books!” I may not make tons of money but I get tired of trying to explain to my friends and family that, no, I am not rich like JK Rowling, Nora Roberts or those other big name authors who grab headlines. I am just starting out and maybe, someday, when NY houses and I feel I am ready, I will submit and gods willing get accepted with an agent to one of their houses and bring in the big bucks. In the meantime, I am learning my craft, taking pride in the royalty checks that come and let my Imagination fly as I write because one day, I will hit the jackpot and have that number 1 bestseller. Until then, I am working the dreaded day job, watching my kids grow up and listening to the voices in my head clamoring for a story.