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I think that's a point we'd definitely have to disagree on. I'm a writer, and I don't yearn to see my work in print, let alone feel desperate about it. Neither my household budget, nor my career, nor my self-image are dependent on my story sales. I like to sell my stories, so I submit them to editors, but if the stories don't sell it's barely a blip on my radar, and if they do sell I cash the check and spend the money.As for the other, all writers yearn to see their work in print. Yearn. Desperate.
While it's perfectly fine to speak for yourself and for writers you know personally, it's perhaps a bit less accurate to generalise, or to make assumptions, or to project your own feelings onto other people.