How I've managed to pay the bills for 50 years while working fulltime as a writer.

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How I've managed to pay the bills for 50 years while working fulltime as a writer.

Spoiler alert: it takes what some call "shameless self-promotion" to pull this off.

Joyce Maynard

Jan 06, 2026

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