SF writers in the work force

Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 10/29/2024 4:56 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

 I guess that y'all canned the apricots then ?

At one point, when Jack Vance's job clearing brush for a mining road
was under threat, he thought to himself "Well, I can always go back to canning tomatoes".
A job canning tomatoes was a cushy fallback.
Vance was born to money, but the money vanished due to divorce and prohibition. So he dropped out of school and took all kinds of tough jobs from his mid-teens until he began to write.
A common theme in his books is that of a protagonist who starts life comfortably, experiences disaster, and climbs his way back.  Vance
lived it.
Philip Farmer worked, first as a labourer and later as a technical writer at least until 1969.  Del Rey took factory work in the 30s and 40s several times when sales were slow.
Fritz Leiber was an Episcopalian minister for about two years.  He didn't actually believe in God but the person who hired him asked Leiber to "consider it as a social service".  Lucky thing that Leiber was a good actor.
William Hyde