I used to get some contract freelance work that generated all the profit of my writing business. I subsidized my beloved novels by writing non-fiction for other people.
They never said anything. The only feedback I ever got was that end clients loved what I produced. I hadn't raised my prices in years, so I was probably the cheapest option of human writers.
But they began to call less often, then less often still, until I haven't heard from them in months.
I don't actually know I was replaced by...