> Better still read the last paragraph first .... you may save yourself five minutes of reading.
Started reading, realized it wasn't worth my bacon, check the comments, found yours and read the only meaningful thing I could deduce from the article.
Yeah, it's nice, but it's also a total non sequitur. At the beginning of the piece he says his first book was a success and he wrote the follow-ups trying to recapture the good feelings -- apparently without success. Books take a lot of effort and may not make you any significant money. So I guess the real moral of his story is that -- if you're like him -- you shouldn't bother writing books if you're already in a good relationship.