Thank you for this post, Eric. Last year I dropped out of my psychology PhD program to write a novel, and this post spoke to me more than any other article that I've read on subject of "making it" as a fiction writer.

One thing that I've been really curious about is whether or not I should try to get my work published at one of the big publishing houses, try to get it published at an indie publisher, or just self-publish.

I read this report by Hugh Howey that seemed to strongly suggest that publishing through an indie publisher was my best bet to earning enough to be able to write full time: http://authorearnings.com/report/may-2016-report/

Do you have any thoughts on this?

Thanks again.