Living on what you write ...

Means a dream here in Iran. Normally writing will have punishment or at least miseries for the writer. Economically speaking the middle class families who are always the customers including most of intelectuals and people who are in love of the literature can never afford a book a month may be some of'em can but they prefer a sandwich than that or they might not like the new writings specially poetry but the fact is mostly people can not live on writing (You can't go further than 1500 issues that's the law).
Journalists are the exception to the rule as always but journalism does not consider as a profitable business around here...
Worst case are the governmental poetry , Leaders preachers, Oldies, military lovers, Religouse money poets which are always shown and advertised on TV , turned the whole society against what the people beleive as apoet character - Lazy Dirty Old chatterbox - .
Many of us got killed just as they wanted to prove the persian literature as a libertador and society informer.More brave they were than us, more purified , more poet they were (Mokhtary, Pooyandeh Hallowed be thy name ).
But now blogging less brave less gifted it is completely impossible to live on what you write further more you must pay to the publishers in order to publish a book. I am an Electronic engineer the weiredest job for a poet.I see proffesional poets with jobs such as tools shop owner, Advetising assistant,Computer specialist and web programmer.
So many chats to say I Found a beutiful report about the problems and efforts to live on poetry in US. You might find it beutiful. ( They are not in a good mood but better than what we have here)

Living on love, or words to that effect