I’ve been planning it, then drawing back from it, getting excited, then getting cold feet, but I finally handed in my resignation at work yesterday. So soon (well probably in three months – that’s the contract period) I’ll be out on Grub Street, trying to earn a crust with whatever ideas for stories I can dream up (and, hopefully, some time soon, a book contract!)
Wish me luck – I’ll need it.
(The image above is from a Punch cartoon – my source simply dates it as “Victorian”. The text underneath says: Old-fashioned Party (with old-fashioned predjudices). “Ah! Very clever I dare say. But I see it’s written by a lady, and I want a book that my daughters may read. Give me something else!”)
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Wow. I just want to wish you all the best. I’ll be rooting for you. And put me down for an order for a signed copy of that first book!
Thanks Sharon – you’ll also get a mention in the acknowledgements! (Now I’ve just got to find a publisher, or an agent … I’m so sick of “we really enjoyed it but … “)
Brave soul! Bravo!
Blimey, congratulations!
It is always good to see someone taking the plunge in order to follow their dreams. I wish more people would do it.
Put me down for a signed copy too!!
Orders will be taken here …
Thanks all!
ah, the best of everything on your writing venture.