Write A Bestseller, Quit My Job? How authors find the courage to write full-time - Kate Mildenhall at Sorrento Writers Festival

Sarah Bailey, Kate Mildenhall and Heather Rose with Jaclyn Crupi

For years, they forged successful careers in professions unrelated to the literary world. The desire to write a book  was too powerful, however. At what point can writers in Australia afford to go full-time? How do they survive financially, and how precarious/scary/rewarding/joyful is their choice?