The good point is raised by
purple_pen that if I can't bear the thought of being a historian (because I wouldn't be able to just make stuff up), then maybe I should try my hand at some historical or pseudo-historical fiction.
I am, as it so happens, doing a spot of writing at the moment. And the question of what to write is enormous, and paralyzing.
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I think that if one isn't one of those people who are Unable Not To Write, then one probably shouldn't. Heaven knows there are enough books in the world already, without extra people churning more of them out just for the sake of it.
You could design game settings instead -- you have a proven track record of excellence in that!
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I have to say that I'm livid that Alexis and various other talented people get to spend their days constructing something like Echo Bazaar while I do not. If anyone wants to start up a similar venture I am willing to work for promises and peanuts!
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But obviously I'm not going to try to write a romance novel if I love crime novels, just because I think it would be easier to sell, or anything like that.
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