yes! writing for/as oneself is still seen as the hobby of teachers and editors and mothers and professors and screenwriters and technical writers and all of the other 'writing adjacent' professions writers take up because they aren't paid to write. it's not like this everywhere. it needn't be here.
kith books
One of the things I'm mulling over after a really great convo i had yesterday with @kithbooks.bsky.social is about imagining new possible models of literary production. Speaking for myself, one of the great struggles of writing is the amount of time it takes before monetization can occur.
