Tim Cahill: “It is Always a Scramble From Paycheck to Paycheck”
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 01.14.04 | 9:12 PM ET
Memo to struggling writers everywhere: The writing business still isn’t easy for the likes of Tim Cahill, founding editor of Outside magazine, author of numerous books, and one of America’s best adventure writers. As he tells Rolf Potts in an interview recently posted on Potts’ Web site: “Finances are most problematic. I make pretty good money, but most of it comes from magazines, all of which are currently (2003) suffering an advertising drought. I am currently making 25% less than I was about four years ago. In my house, it is always a scramble from paycheck to paycheck.” I’m not sure whether to feel depressed or reassured that Cahill faces this problem. I’m afraid the answer is the former. But before throwing in the writing towel, note that Cahill has plenty to say about the upsides of his work, too: “I am living out my adolescent dream of travel and adventure.”