Stepping Up Production
I finally came to a fork in the road where one path led to keeping 2 jobs, one of which had become too time-consuming, physically demanding and just plain stressful, and the other a journey at a far more reasonable and rewarding pace with many interesting side-trip destinations along the way.
Giving up my day-job is like jumping off a cliff without a parachute, but becoming a full-time writer has been an unfulfilled dream for many years as I tried to be fiscally responsible and work my way through to that fork in the road.
Now I can double my productivity, spend the time I need on research, promotion and supporting not only myself but the writing community as a board member of the local Sisters in Crime chapter.
I think I'm going to like this new, uncharted territory a lot, even if it has some bumps in the road. There's a lot to be said for the adventure of the road untraveled, and I've never been one to back away from a challenge.
Giving up my day-job is like jumping off a cliff without a parachute, but becoming a full-time writer has been an unfulfilled dream for many years as I tried to be fiscally responsible and work my way through to that fork in the road.
Now I can double my productivity, spend the time I need on research, promotion and supporting not only myself but the writing community as a board member of the local Sisters in Crime chapter.
I think I'm going to like this new, uncharted territory a lot, even if it has some bumps in the road. There's a lot to be said for the adventure of the road untraveled, and I've never been one to back away from a challenge.
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Bonnie
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Apr 07, 2017 01:21PM
Bravo for making the leap, and best wishes for success as a full-time writer!
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Thanks, Bonnie! So far, I have completed 213 pages of edits on "Swift Justice" out of a page total of 494 (darn it, the manuscript has grown by 1 page versus losing anything.) I won't call these revisions, as now it's down to changing a word or two, clarifying a point or two, and finding those pesky little errors that somehow sneak by both my eyes, and evidently, Word's processing skills, too. How did 5 drafts go by with "hars" instead of "bars?" I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have hit "ignore" on that one.
