Visit: 10 Questions Writers Must Ask Before Quitting Their Day Job
Author: QuirkyJessi on 02:25am Wed, Mar 12, 2014
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Ask yourself these 10 crucial questions before you quit your day job.
"The thing is, most writers don't quit their day jobs, like you did, to start full-time writing and promoting their first books. But sometimes that's what it takes to be successful."
It was a simple observation, but something I'd never really thought about until my editor mentioned it over dinner last summer. Given how hard I'd worked the previous two years to sell, write and promote my first tome, I couldn't imagine having succeeded had I not devoted all my time to the endeavor. And that's the irony. Had I not quit my job to devote myself full time to my first book, it might not have been successful, and I'd be no closer to realizing my longtime dream: namely, quitting my job to write full time. This career conundrum is shared by many writers, especially as the publishing industry demands we do more and more to promote our work and ourselves before, during and after the book deal. So when do you roll the dice--or do you roll the dice?--and quit your day job to become self-employed as a full-time writer and promoter?
--by Jeff Yeager
I put my head together with a number of gifted writers--some full-time, some part-time, some somewhere in between--to come up with the answers. Or, rather, to come up with some very important questions: the ones you need to ask yourself before taking the plunge....
Author: QuirkyJessi on 02:25am Wed, Mar 12, 2014
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Ask yourself these 10 crucial questions before you quit your day job.
"The thing is, most writers don't quit their day jobs, like you did, to start full-time writing and promoting their first books. But sometimes that's what it takes to be successful."
It was a simple observation, but something I'd never really thought about until my editor mentioned it over dinner last summer. Given how hard I'd worked the previous two years to sell, write and promote my first tome, I couldn't imagine having succeeded had I not devoted all my time to the endeavor. And that's the irony. Had I not quit my job to devote myself full time to my first book, it might not have been successful, and I'd be no closer to realizing my longtime dream: namely, quitting my job to write full time. This career conundrum is shared by many writers, especially as the publishing industry demands we do more and more to promote our work and ourselves before, during and after the book deal. So when do you roll the dice--or do you roll the dice?--and quit your day job to become self-employed as a full-time writer and promoter?
--by Jeff Yeager
I put my head together with a number of gifted writers--some full-time, some part-time, some somewhere in between--to come up with the answers. Or, rather, to come up with some very important questions: the ones you need to ask yourself before taking the plunge....