I have decided that I want to live the life of a writer, at least for a year. Some things you just know and recently, I have had the overwhelming urge to write full-time. My job as a public defender is rewarding but taxing. It doesn't allow me to completely focus on my writing.
Truth is, I need a year. Just one year to write. To spend my days thinking up stories and writing and editing.
Is a year too much to ask?
My memoir is almost finished but it needs substantial revising and editing. There are some holes to fill as well. Plus, I have other books in me. I want to write a romantic and realistic and kinda anti-romantic, love story. I want to write a YA fiction novel. I want, I want, I want to write full-time. Before it is too late.
I have grey hairs spouting up on the left side of my head that remind me that life goes quickly. I am forty plus (don't ask) and the years speed by faster the older one gets. I think it has something to do with the proportion of time left. To think about it makes my head hurt. Yet, I must think about it. I must remember that I only have this NOW, this life to live and I have my writing destiny to fulfill.
Now I just gotta figure out how to make it happen.
THe first step is knowing what you want. If this is a real goal for you: you CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN!
ReplyDeleteYou could ask to work part-time see if the PD's office will let you take a sabbatical. Or if you can afford it, quit the PD, work on writing full time while maybe doing free lance editing and writing for others on the side.
ReplyDeleteI was going to recommend the same thing, dear. As much as I loved having the freedom to write full-time, I would recommend easing into it by doing part-time work. To go from 60 to 0 in terms of work pressure has an odd effect on your mental state and it might also impact the writing/revising. But we can talk more about it if you like. You're a great writer, so I know that you can make this happen!
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