tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post3504898248129470875..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: What else do you do? - Anne RooneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-636444324127069412010-04-21T22:20:25.108+01:002010-04-21T22:20:25.108+01:00I'm a headteacher in a primary school. I write...I'm a headteacher in a primary school. I write in the early hours, and at weekends, when my dreams overpower the halfwit bureaucrat, a dull cog in the education machine.Andrew Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875188855955154864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-22832747856278107152010-04-19T20:51:43.673+01:002010-04-19T20:51:43.673+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Andrew Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875188855955154864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-41779626698069680662010-04-15T18:48:06.047+01:002010-04-15T18:48:06.047+01:00Hi, Stroppy Author
I used be a nurse at a local G...Hi, Stroppy Author<br /><br />I used be a nurse at a local GP practice, but gave that up. I now do a few hours as a lunchtime assistant/nursery assistant at my daughter's old nursery that's attached to the primary school she now goes to. I get paid for this, but I also do volunteer reading support with key stage one and two kids at the school. <br /><br />I don't yet earn enough from my writing to do it be able to give it up and do writing full-time and I'm not sure I'd want to give it up - it gives me a precious link to the outside world and provides me with so many writing ideas!<br /><br />Julie xxJulie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546678603569056691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-50758604625204659242010-04-15T14:17:21.118+01:002010-04-15T14:17:21.118+01:00Ah, sponging - I'd forotten that possibility. ...Ah, sponging - I'd forotten that possibility. Just need a spongee...Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-34387031122000700732010-04-15T11:23:39.232+01:002010-04-15T11:23:39.232+01:00OK, John, I forgot to mention sponging off my husb...OK, John, I forgot to mention sponging off my husband! But I do all his secretarial work, so I hope that balances out...Gillian Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775401199564200537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-58499116201913463792010-04-15T09:34:02.372+01:002010-04-15T09:34:02.372+01:00I do school visits, and I sponge off my wife. Oh, ...I do school visits, and I sponge off my wife. Oh, and we rent out our first house, which income - since interest rates dropped - is now covering the mortgage on the house we live in as well.<br /><br />I reckon I could live off just my earnings (writing, visits, my half of the rent) if I had to, though supporting my children in the manner to which they've become accustomed would be a very different story.John Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937505376169411724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-21165956184714669722010-04-15T07:26:25.513+01:002010-04-15T07:26:25.513+01:00I work 4 days a week for my local Council (in Keyn...I work 4 days a week for my local Council (in Keynsham, which is NOT a 'typically poky drag full of pound shops and pet shops' as a rather unkind Sunday Times journalist labelled it, but rather a bustling, thriving market town in a beautiful green setting), and write before work, on Fridays and weekends. I do schools visits on Fridays (and sometimes other days if I can juggle my schedule). Not surprisingly, I'm knackered most of the time, but although I've had a good year with my first book, and another book out soon, I'm cautious about leaping into writing full-time because I'm well aware that one swallow doesn't make a summer...Rachel Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05715389519195155154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-37407712466892267022010-04-14T17:28:00.250+01:002010-04-14T17:28:00.250+01:00I work full-time as an editor and do my writing at...I work full-time as an editor and do my writing at weekends. My writing doesn't earn me anything like a live-able income, but then I have never tried to properly develop it as a freelance option/credible source of income. I'm quite happy having both jobs in my life, though when deadlines loom it can sometimes mean seven-day weeks - not so much fun.karen ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05595346107578248030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-75501174202713171752010-04-14T16:14:31.439+01:002010-04-14T16:14:31.439+01:00The totality of my earnings from fiction writing t...The totality of my earnings from fiction writing to date were spent long ago, as part-payment on a second-hand Ford Focus, which I still drive, though it is showing its age now. And that, so far, is it.<br /><br />My regular income derives from another kind of writing. I have always been a copywriter of one sort or another. I used to market children's books, but now I write corporate publications for a firm of accountants. So - not so glam, but dependable!Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307045090887391553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-47452778806286027392010-04-14T15:33:20.349+01:002010-04-14T15:33:20.349+01:00I do holiday rentals from about April through to O...I do holiday rentals from about April through to October plus the festive season. I also do the school visits thing, though, and like you Anne take on as many writing jobs as I can - I don't want to lose sight of the fact that I'm a writer first!Gillian Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775401199564200537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-18099442745518389462010-04-14T15:17:36.796+01:002010-04-14T15:17:36.796+01:00Yep, farmer here, but oh the guilt I feel when my ...Yep, farmer here, but oh the guilt I feel when my writing hours don't contribute to the household. Especially when I'm not actually writing and it's costing us money - conferences, seminars...paper,ink.Kathryn Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439670363289229014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-48749183801269735262010-04-14T10:59:43.663+01:002010-04-14T10:59:43.663+01:00I do not get paid to write and I do not get paid m...I do not get paid to write and I do not get paid much to do my <br />'day' job either! <br />My day job is 'writing' or constructing communication boards for what are officially called "complex humanitarian emergencies" (disaster zones). These are the means by which some aid workers communicate with the locals instead of relying on interpreters (who can be in short supply or not trusted). I work with words all the time - but often in languages I do not understand at all. As an occupation it is even more hand to mouth than writing!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-13317552878436937902010-04-14T10:49:23.977+01:002010-04-14T10:49:23.977+01:00I - as an ex-teacher- manage to make the finances ...I - as an ex-teacher- manage to make the finances work by doing the School Author Visit rounds. In general, the days are great fun but demand lots of adrenaline & energy. So I'm always trying to balance the highs (and the resulting lows) of Going Out There against writing time for the next book project. Without which, eventually, it would be hard to go out there and do the school visits. A vicious circle, really. <br /><br />It all feels very hand to mouth at times, as you suggest Anna, but I do admire your productivity, Anne!Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-87378785082636760822010-04-14T10:11:07.111+01:002010-04-14T10:11:07.111+01:00I do what would seem to be the obvious and edit (E...I do what would seem to be the obvious and edit (Egmont, then HarperCollins and freelancing). Only it can't actually be that obvious or more writers would be doing it.<br /><br />I certainly can't live off writing at the moment but it's gradually working its way up as a percentage of my income. It's because I'm not a 'proper writer' in some usages of the term - all my work so far has been written for hire - that I don't live in economic peril!Go away googlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920753582190379988noreply@blogger.com