What Are You Doing Here?

"What are you doing here?" asked our medical assistant intern when she recently discovered I'm also an author.

I looked at her and replied, "Earning a living, just like you."

That's the simple truth of the matter.

Being a self-published author without much time to self promote I consider myself fortunate to have a full time job that pays the bills and allows me to keep writing. I basically work to support my hobby & passion which is writing. I'm certainly not making any money at it.

Not yet anyway.

At the end of the day I gifted my inquisitive co-worker with a copy of my new novel, Black King Takes White Queen. Everyone gets a free first book where I work. My two closest friends get all their books for free. All my co-workers get first pick of my proof copies, hand-edited copies with scribbles in the margins and imperfect ARCs. I lug in a box from time to time and call it a Free Book Day- and everybody's happy! I get rid of the clutter in my dining room and they go home with a new and different book to read.

So, that's what I'm doing at work- working to support my writing habit and hobby.