Get a Real Job

[jimhines]

It’s an interesting paradox. As a writer with four novels in print, one of the most common questions I get is “When are you going to quit your day job?” On the other hand, take a writer who has done just that and runs into financial trouble. One of the first questions they hear is “ Why don’t you just get a real job?”

Writing “professionally” is a

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[sixteenbynine]

I have a fulltime job which I wouldn't give up for much of anything. It pays very well, doesn't make unusual demands of me, and is in a field I enjoy