The pitiful truth sinks into my body along with the cold air... A former office worker who became independent at the age of 47 tells of "days of hell with no backing" and three ways to avoid it | Life | Toyo Keizai Online

Immediately after becoming independent, I received a heartless email from a former colleague in the middle of the night. The moment I lost the company's backing, the author's brilliant track record of 12 million copies sold, a former editor-in-chief, turned into a "liability." The author, who chose to become independent at the age of 47 and continued to struggle...