You should hold onto that idea.
As long as the driving force is the work itself, it's natural to want to share it.

I know authors who pubkish in a myriad of ways. Some are more successful than others, but no one has it all fogured out.

Different approaches suit different writers.

I can't help but think that fiction needs a multimedia app which solves discoverabiliy and creates community. With Lightning tips and zap to unlock, of course.

TotallyHumanWriter

books now (self and trad pub) build authority, not sell copies

This is a good observation. It crystalizes things for me in a way that they weren't previously.

but the money you earn is usually less than minimum wage.

I suspect that this is true for the vast majority of fiction writers -- no matter the genre or format.

I haven't relinquished the idea that fiction can somehow be more than a "I did it for me" kind of project for the less than mega popular. But of course I don't have any evidence. How to make it so is something I often think about.

the_stacker_muse

BooksAndArticles

UnPhiltered - Chapter 13 - Going Fishing

> books now (self and trad pub) build authority, not sell copies

This is a good observation. It crystalizes things for me in a way that they weren't previously. 

> but the money you earn is usually less than minimum wage.

I suspect that this is true for the vast majority of fiction writers -- no matter the genre or format. 

I haven't relinquished the idea that fiction can somehow be more than a "I did it for me" kind of project for the less than mega popular. But of course I don't have any evidence. How to make it so is something I often think about.