Comments on: Five Tips for Becoming an Expert at Your Craft http://heblogssheblogs.com/2008/05/01/becomeanexpert/ Taking blogs from potential to influential Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:58:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Laura Christianson http://heblogssheblogs.com/2008/05/01/becomeanexpert/#comment-63 Laura Christianson Sat, 24 May 2008 15:39:55 +0000 http://heblogssheblogs.com/2008/05/01/becomeanexpert/#comment-63 Amanda, I agree with you about holding some other kind of job when you're a writer. I worked in corporate PR for three years in order to support my writing habit and to sock enough away to use as seed money for my freelance writing business. Before I quit my PR job, I made sure I had enough funds to build a professional-looking Website (www.laurachristianson.com), and to help support my family while I wrote a couple of books. Fortunately, my husband has a steady job, so I didn't have to worry about brining in 100 percent of the family income. The writing profession requires that one be highly self-motivated, determined to soldier on in the face of rejection, and able to write in a variety of genres, so you can pay the bills while still doing what you love. Amanda,

I agree with you about holding some other kind of job when you’re a writer. I worked in corporate PR for three years in order to support my writing habit and to sock enough away to use as seed money for my freelance writing business. Before I quit my PR job, I made sure I had enough funds to build a professional-looking Website (www.laurachristianson.com), and to help support my family while I wrote a couple of books. Fortunately, my husband has a steady job, so I didn’t have to worry about brining in 100 percent of the family income.

The writing profession requires that one be highly self-motivated, determined to soldier on in the face of rejection, and able to write in a variety of genres, so you can pay the bills while still doing what you love.

]]> By: Amanda Greenslade http://heblogssheblogs.com/2008/05/01/becomeanexpert/#comment-62 Amanda Greenslade Sat, 24 May 2008 06:38:50 +0000 http://heblogssheblogs.com/2008/05/01/becomeanexpert/#comment-62 Great advice. So true. I think the difficulty in getting published is one of the reasons why people who love to write and think they can write well, lose the motivation. Also the fact that you pretty much have to hold some other kind of job in order to survive while you try to make it as an author, even after publication. Great advice. So true. I think the difficulty in getting published is one of the reasons why people who love to write and think they can write well, lose the motivation. Also the fact that you pretty much have to hold some other kind of job in order to survive while you try to make it as an author, even after publication.

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