10+ years later... If he'd 'rolled' and is as talented as he obviously is, he could have been sitting where he is now years ago. Look at J.K. Rowling, she got

10+ years later... If he'd 'rolled' and is as talented as he obviously is, he could have been sitting where he is now years ago. Look at J.K. Rowling, she got a 1,000 book release and told "get a day job". She rolled when the US wanted to make changes, even to the name or face rejection. Now she's virtually a billionaire. I'm not saying he'd be a billionaire, but he could have been making more money than he is now. Literary careers either seem to fizzle out or just keep growing. Look at John Scalzi, it took years before his literary career beat his day job, but it kept growing. The same can be said for dozens of sci-fi and fantasy writers, including many of the greats.