Thanks for your openness and honesty about your financial 'ride', Anna. And I'm so glad, Keris, that you had the balls/good sense/temerity/whatever to start this newsletter!
As a writer (currently unpublished and unagented -- yes, the blind optimism is real) when you say that getting a 'regular job' would mean you wouldn't have a big enough creative 'well' to do what you're passionate about:"...then I’d feel like a massive failure. Like I’ve just wasted the last 9 years of my life trying to make a go of something I (only recently) believe I am good at, if I could just get that break." resonates SO MUCH--adding a decade or two to your 9 years, sadly--and I'm so relieved it's not just me who thinks this way. I have to constantly remind myself that "what doesn't kill me will make great material for the next book".
Thanks for your openness and honesty about your financial 'ride', Anna. And I'm so glad, Keris, that you had the balls/good sense/temerity/whatever to start this newsletter!
As a writer (currently unpublished and unagented -- yes, the blind optimism is real) when you say that getting a 'regular job' would mean you wouldn't have a big enough creative 'well' to do what you're passionate about:"...then I’d feel like a massive failure. Like I’ve just wasted the last 9 years of my life trying to make a go of something I (only recently) believe I am good at, if I could just get that break." resonates SO MUCH--adding a decade or two to your 9 years, sadly--and I'm so relieved it's not just me who thinks this way. I have to constantly remind myself that "what doesn't kill me will make great material for the next book".
Always impressed by your determination and resilience! xx
bless you, Keris. It does help knowing that you can't stop me messaging you x