Follow-on Career is... #mfrwauthor
Many of the prompts in the 52 posts in 52 weeks challenge dare the participating authors to reveal something personal about themselves. This week I am supposed to reveal what I would do if I couldn't be a writer. That topic has been on my mind a lot recently. Several authors I know quite writing last year or at the start of this one. Among the reasons they give are the ways sales sites discriminate, the gaming of their systems, constant algorithm changes that reduce your opportunities, and the top two reasons given are the small return on ebooks and pirates stealing more than we make.
So what would be the follow-on career of choice. At first I pulled out a couple of old dreams -- starship officer, interstellar explorer, or time traveler. Even with today's technology, none of those are feasible. So I'll go in another direction.
Without writing, I'd need another creative outlet. Beadwork, crocheting, knitting, and cross-stitch embroidery would provide that. I've dabbled with photography over the years. I would love to do it professionally, but my talents lie elsewhere so I would just do it to decorate my office and as an excuse to explore the outdoors.
I would miss the research I do for my writing. A follow-on career as an archaeologist would handle that need as well as my interest in history. If you've read my posts from last year's challenge, I've been involved with historical museums in various capacities. I've donned period costumes to give tours, coordinated events, and managed the museum and its collections. And of course, wrote material for the organization such as interpretive programs and documentaries. And been involved with a few archaeological digs.
While I hope it won't be necessary for many, many years, for my first choice as a follow-on career if I could no longer write. Drum roll, please....
I'd be a Reader.
For more on what I do now when I'm not writing, here's a post on my hobbies from last year's challenge. And be sure to check out the posts of the other authors who have challenged themselves to reveal their inner selves and their writing lives.
~till next time, Helen
So what would be the follow-on career of choice. At first I pulled out a couple of old dreams -- starship officer, interstellar explorer, or time traveler. Even with today's technology, none of those are feasible. So I'll go in another direction.
Without writing, I'd need another creative outlet. Beadwork, crocheting, knitting, and cross-stitch embroidery would provide that. I've dabbled with photography over the years. I would love to do it professionally, but my talents lie elsewhere so I would just do it to decorate my office and as an excuse to explore the outdoors.I would miss the research I do for my writing. A follow-on career as an archaeologist would handle that need as well as my interest in history. If you've read my posts from last year's challenge, I've been involved with historical museums in various capacities. I've donned period costumes to give tours, coordinated events, and managed the museum and its collections. And of course, wrote material for the organization such as interpretive programs and documentaries. And been involved with a few archaeological digs.
While I hope it won't be necessary for many, many years, for my first choice as a follow-on career if I could no longer write. Drum roll, please....
I'd be a Reader.
For more on what I do now when I'm not writing, here's a post on my hobbies from last year's challenge. And be sure to check out the posts of the other authors who have challenged themselves to reveal their inner selves and their writing lives.
~till next time, Helen
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