After publishing novels and short fiction for more than a decade, Lynn Coady, like many of her peers in CanLit, found that it rarely translated into a good or steady income.
“There’s really no ‘living’ to be had as a fiction writer, unless of course you’re an international bestseller,” Coady writes in an email. “I always had to hustle with side gigs, freelance work that was ancillary to publishing fiction—contractual teaching at the university level, mentoring, freelance editing and writing (for magazines, newspapers etc), giving readings.”
