An interesting post by an agent tailor-made to burst my little soap bubble dreams.
I dream of the quit-the-day-job deal. I am also a tad security-conscious. I once took one of those on-the-job personality tests--the results were a tie between "entrepreneur" and "security", which is about as conflicted a result as you can get.
To be a full-time writer. The books need to keep selling, and you need to keep writing them. For 20, 30, 40 years or more.
I dream of the quit-the-day-job deal. I am also a tad security-conscious. I once took one of those on-the-job personality tests--the results were a tie between "entrepreneur" and "security", which is about as conflicted a result as you can get.
To be a full-time writer. The books need to keep selling, and you need to keep writing them. For 20, 30, 40 years or more.
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Date: 2006-02-09 06:26 am (UTC)House, dogs, family stuff, and writing add up to about a job and a half. Throw in the actual full-time job, and I'm dealing with 10 lbs of Life in a 5 lb bag.