What We Talk About When We Talk About Writing For Money

Here’s a hint: It’s money.

Whenever someone offers me a job, I think about how they’re going to make money off of what I am doing for them—and how much money that is. They’re not offering me a job out of the goodness of their heart. They have something that needs to be done, and they don’t have the time or the skill or the desire to do it. They want me…