PS Guest ian - what is stopping you from doing 'that job' of writing / performing full time? The crap money? The lack of marketing skills? The fact that there are loads of other people out there trying to make a living in a limited market? The fact that your family wouldn't be happy if you spent so much time away from home? The desire to know where you are going to sleep after your dys work? Perhaps you have health problems and being self-employed would mean that you wouldn't qualify for benefits if off work - you would just be without income.

Such an attractive lifestyle - what's on earth is stopping you????