Wrong. Having worked with six traditional publishers I can tell you, it doesn't get any easier. Yes, I've found what avenues do and don't work for selling books (mostly in the don't category). But most of us have to fend for ourselves, and many of us have gone feral. Many of my non-writing friends operate under the misguided notion that writers make bank. Most of us don't. In fact, many of us lose money on a book when it comes to ordering author copies, sending free ARCs, and
