It's been pretty crazy at the day job and I'm finding it challenge to fit my time in for writing. Times like these I muse about how my life would be if I could just dedicate all my time to writing. But of course, I need to eat. And currently fiction doesn't feed me. I read this blog post Writing for a Living last week at The Kill Zone by guest blogger Mark Terry. Through his experiences, he poses some sobering conclusions about making a living from writing: 1. Just because a writer … [Read more...]
The Precarious Balance
October 7, 2009 Read Comments
I just got out of LONG early morning meeting and before I start on my journey of continuing to learn this new skill for my job, I read an interesting post, In Good Company by good writer friend Paula Chase. She was talking about the reality of having a full time job and balancing it with writing. It's a precarious balance indeed. She had a link to an essay, Working the Double Shift by Emily St. John Mandel. Here's an excerpt from a writer interviewed in the essay, Elise Blackwell, that … [Read more...]
