“It feels like it’s time to have a bit more fun - even if I am earning less.“
Following up on Catherine from this very day in 2022.
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A follow up on an interview with Catherine from two years ago today! Didn’t even plan that…
Read the original interview first below:
Keris in Paris (pronounced Keree in Paree, apparentlee)
This week I am off to Paris as the guest author on a writing retreat that was originally meant to take place in 2020. I’m excited but nervous too - about the retreat, about flying for the first time since 2019, about being away from the boys - but I hope it will be amazing.
What’s changed?
Hello again!
The first post I wrote for Keris was full to the brim of post-divorce hubris. I was earning more than I ever had, I was overwhelmed with really good TV jobs, and the sun was shining.
Well, production is slower right now, people I know, camera people, are doing delivery driving or in one case milking cows. So this year jobs are thin on the ground. My earnings this year, I expect will be less that I’ve been used to. I’m chasing a couple of maybe kids TV jobs, but we’ll see. Like most of us long term freelancers I am used to holding tight and hoping something will come up.
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