At lunch today, I was reading some links from Tayari Jones’s blog and she had a funny link to an article titled Managing Writers in the Workplace – A Guide for Employers.

The article even gives advices to managers by type of writer (poets, playwrights, non-fiction writers).

I found this part of the article funny (and true at times — not for me, of course. Just other writers I know, hee, hee):

“Due to the nature of her work, the fiction writer will sometimes suffer from lack of sleep or a hangover. This should be seen as positive: lack of sleep means she is getting some writing done; the hangover means she has been fantasizing about her future on the bestseller list, which will improve her spirits (once she recovers from the hangover).”

You should check it out if you need a laugh. Working a day job is necessary but sometimes it can be tough for a writer (and maybe managers too).