To go back to the start, it's about what the author of the article said. And the author of the article made the claim that you aren't making a living wage as an

To go back to the start, it's about what the author of the article said. And the author of the article made the claim that you aren't making a living wage as an author unless you (a) are working for a known publishing house, and (b) are making over $250K a year. It's so absolutely absurd on face value that it's not even worth discussing further at length. You don't even have to do any real research to know that this is incorrect.