Paracathy

Does anyone pay for art here? Does anyone in our community make any money from it? Money is tight for us right now - really tight, truth be told. Heather lost her job to downsizing a couple months back and she got a new gig, but making a bit less than she was, with worse benefits, and I've never really made much money either, and it's not like prices are going down any time soon... I've seen the 'premium' offerings here and the ads to 'make money from your art' and all that. I'm just not sure anyone pays for stuff, and if any artists make any money from it? I haven't posted many stories lately because I've actually been busy in real life and it takes a lot of work to put together a good 'Paracathy' story, and half of the stuff I do write I don't feel is good enough to post, but when I do post something new I get TONS of views and interaction, I like that, but it just hasn't been worth the hassle lately, with the other stuff I've been going through. Add to that I'm afraid that