Do you have any particular locations for this 'scifi/fantasy author community'?
most people will struggle and make a poor living.
I don't expect to make a single cent out of this story; in that sense, I'm writing it to improve my skills for whatever I write next. (Tsuyoku naritai!) But I'm writing it even more because I just want to write it.
I don't expect to make a single cent out of this story
Then why should anybody expect to make a single cent out of publishing your story? If you don't believe why should others?
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