Talent is the last thing you need. The idea is everything, and it can be developed into a salable book or script. When I hear people say, I wrote a better book than this or that one that got published, I know they either got discouraged and gave up, they didn't make the right contacts, or they were too obnoxious to work with. That's why there are so many books out there that aren't very well written or that aren't effective. The author may not have had talent, but he was persistent, had access, and he was a fun person to work with.
Unsuccessful people keep themselves isolated.
The Artist's Way has sold probably a million and a half books by now. So I self-published the book, and of course discovered there was quite a market for it. These sites are designed to help programmers, Web designers, and other IT professionals get great jobs, find cool projects, and stay in the loop. The book is loaded with wisdom served up in an exceedingly readable style. If I was king of the universe, I'd make the book mandatory reading for every person who owns a computer.