"Oh, yeah... Been there, done that. I sold some short stories to magazines, but the only writing that ever paid me decently was writing nonfiction books. The advance is good, but then, it takes years for the royalties to kick in. It's a shame that some fiction writers think they're "too good" to write nonfiction. Any writing is writing, and if you want to succeed at any level, you need clips to show editors. Nonficiton can get those for you." - Pat Marcello