Day Jobs for Authors

In my daily job search online, I discoverd Quill & Quire's job board. This morning, I spent some time reading the blog ... and found a thread about Day Jobs for Authors.

Here's what I wrote.

I’m a technical writer by trade who works on contract only. This way, I can earn enough money to take time off between each contract. It’s the only way I can get any creative writing done. I make notes, jot ideas, and consider aspects of stories, poems, and other pieces, but it’s not until I have downtime in large chunks that I can actually put it together.

I’ve tried part-time gigs; one at a talent agency was particularly helpful because of the creativity of the clients, but the one as a meat-wrapper at a local chain grocery store was awful.

For me, the time between contracts is what makes slogging in a corporate environment less painful.

Maybe John Tomasi [writer who posted] is right. Maybe we have to steal time from jobs we hate to make time for our work.

If that’s the case … on to the next unfulfilling gig!