I think there are many reasons for writing, only some of which are success/financially motivated. Personally, I wanted to write a story about Lisp machines, Bo

I think there are many reasons for writing, only some of which are success/financially motivated. Personally, I wanted to write a story about Lisp machines, Bostrom-inspired Artificial Intelligences, and a journey of discovery/adventure in the vein of my favorite stories (www.zhubert.com/reading). Not everyone gets excited about Lisp machines, so I'm not expecting a mainstream market. That said, marketing was out of scope of my original article and quite a challenging problem, I agree.