tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post2530282145834925957..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Don't Give Up the Day JobLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-12667550346739419752009-02-17T22:25:00.000-05:002009-02-17T22:25:00.000-05:00Leave it to Sue Ann to find the positive side of t...Leave it to Sue Ann to find the positive side of things. I think you're lucky to have that job in these iffy times .... and, of course, they're lucky to have YOU!Deborah Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575491644343480392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-71723908448024003732009-02-17T11:38:00.000-05:002009-02-17T11:38:00.000-05:00I feel your pain and your security both at the sam...I feel your pain and your security both at the same time. It is just so hard to make a living writing. I still have the day job, too.<BR/>Lynn SholesLynn Sholeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00141342621011649885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-49262428924371473022009-02-16T21:14:00.000-05:002009-02-16T21:14:00.000-05:00I'm with you, Terri.I'm with you, Terri.Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-11350262578856174122009-02-16T21:13:00.000-05:002009-02-16T21:13:00.000-05:00I think you're right about the "day job" forcing y...I think you're right about the "day job" forcing you to be much more disciplined about the writing job. I'm disciplined about both, but I don't know how inclined I'd be to get up and be at my desk every morning by 8AM if I didn't have a boss checking in. <BR/><BR/>In any case, in this economy, these days we're all grateful for our "day jobs."Felicia Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03556232226152556397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-78739219599001107402009-02-16T19:54:00.000-05:002009-02-16T19:54:00.000-05:00Thanks, everyone, for dropping by. One day, I'd li...Thanks, everyone, for dropping by. One day, I'd like to try giving up the day job and see how I'd do, but (money issues aside) I also worry about the isolation (like Deaver's concern) and about losing my discipline. On weekends when I don't have other things on my calendar, I find I tend to fritter away much of the day, as opposed to a work day when I get all my writing time in without a fuss. I seem to be one of those folks who need the structure to be productive.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-47593926223188520642009-02-16T15:58:00.000-05:002009-02-16T15:58:00.000-05:00Jeffery Deaver was a guest speaker at the recent L...Jeffery Deaver was a guest speaker at the recent Love is Murder. He talked about quitting his day job. I don't think money was a particular worry by that point, but he did worry about the isolation. Not having that water cooler to stand around, and people to swap stories with. <BR/><BR/>Finally he made the plunge. The first morning of his freedom, he woke up and realized he'd never felt so happy.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-71773931398510226512009-02-16T14:27:00.000-05:002009-02-16T14:27:00.000-05:00See that thing about getting showered and dressed ...See that thing about getting showered and dressed five days a week? Right there is why I'm unsuitable for employment.Terri Thayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953154767532970027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-54364444124032467142009-02-16T13:26:00.000-05:002009-02-16T13:26:00.000-05:00Great post, Sue-Ann! I too have a day job, and I ...Great post, Sue-Ann! I too have a day job, and I too have nowhere near the income it would take to work solely on writing. But someone at a writing conference once told me she thought the day job gave people MORE energy and incentive to accomplish things in the time they had left at the end of the day. I agree with that. <BR/><BR/>My life is very regimented, and I don't have much of what I would call "play time," but the consequence of this life is that when I do find myself with free time I have absolutely no idea what to do with it, and I start to crave my previous structure.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-52403081102415749562009-02-16T11:16:00.000-05:002009-02-16T11:16:00.000-05:00Gosh, Sue Ann -- you make it sound so great now I ...Gosh, Sue Ann -- you make it sound so great now I want to be a paralegal!Cricket McRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786996969148417569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-13670093068277580682009-02-16T10:57:00.000-05:002009-02-16T10:57:00.000-05:00Sue Ann, Are there openings at your firm? Wait. ...Sue Ann, Are there openings at your firm? Wait. The commute would kill me.Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.com