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[polarthestral]

I've been floating and, embarssingly enough, willfully unemployed for the last month or so. I had saved up and I'm still making rent but nonetheless it felt like a funk. The I-don't-know-who-I-am-or-where-I'm-going-and-who-am-I-kidding-anyway kind of funk

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I love that book...

[darkvixen1979]

You also have to read Darkness take my hand and Prayers for Rain, those are the two best books in the series. I'd also suggest reading Mystic River and Shutter Island because they also rock.

[penelope78]

Making those big life decisions was scary as hell for me, too. I got sick and tired of depending on my parents for money--it's a soul-sucking kind of feeling.

When I finally got a job and made money for myself, it was such a lifting feeling.

As for my dreams of writing, I haven't given it up and I work every day to getting my books written. And I believe, as long as I work hard, I might just succeed :) Who knows?

Best of luck to you.

[polarthestral]

I think it's a great attitude. I mean, I want those dreams too and I'm so glad you're still working at it because you know I love your voice. I think I am growing up because I'm putting those dreams in their place. Yes, I want to work on them, but not to the detriment of money. I need money to live and I think everyone eventually hits that stage where they relegate an ambition, simply to live independently.

It's still there but I'd like to get some qualifications so I'm comfortable working and become good at something other than this writing thing. Because I know there are many writers far better than me who have said they were knocked back for a long, long, long time. I have no illusions about my chances and I'm glad of that.