I think I know my own beliefs somewhat better than you do, ta, seeing as we've never met nor talked at all.
I write, when my health permits. I enjoy my job, and no, I don't feel the least bit exploited by editors or publishers or whoever else happens to accept or commisiion my work.
I'm well aware that most people only work for the money and don't actually like what they do. My own Dad was one of them when he worked the local docks for 26 years and he's far happier working for himself, as he does now. I'm also well aware that by no means everybody is able to get a job that they actually like. But simply not liking your job doesn't equate to exploitation, in my book. Poor pay and conditions, unsafe working environments, being paid less than another worker who does the same job, those things are exploitative to me. And it's not as if we're even talking about something that people have to do to survive, like working in a job they may hate, we're talking about a fucking beauty contest, for heaven's sake.
