Socrates was deeply offended whenever someone suggested that he be paid for his teaching. I'm with ya on that.
The best stuff always is the stuff that fights its way out for its life. I think that's why every professional writer and likely very few non-pro writers suffer from writer's block. Writing for pay is a whole lot like prostitution, at least to me. I've never been able to do it.
But there's value in having the topic addressed in a variety of media and venues and contexts. It took some money to make Over the GW happen. Money was never the impetus for the project, just a necessary means to an end. And I hope the people who created that fine piece of art work make plenty of it, too!
If somebody's got the time and inclination to take some of the best stuff and compile it into an anthology, that would be lovely and it will take some work and cost some money. I hope it turns out wonderful and that the editors and publishers get so stinkin rich off the project that it spawns an entirely new niche in popular non-fiction so that there's a decent demand market for any program vet who takes a notion to sell some books.
