tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6687825346182387180..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: A Tale of Two Activities - Clémentine BeauvaisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-54682905631367939542014-11-28T18:46:19.610+00:002014-11-28T18:46:19.610+00:00I'm a writer whose day job is teaching. I agre...I'm a writer whose day job is teaching. I agree with you that if you have to do a day job, teaching is not the ideal one. It can drain your creativity, which you have to use on your teaching, and leave you exhausted at the end of a school day and, as you say, mean you're unavailable for school visits. <br /><br />But there is indeed something about a day job that keeps you going. A while back I went to a talk by a popular American YA writer who said she had only left her day job about two years before and only because her travelling for her writing made things difficult both for her and her employers, who insisted on calling her while she was on tour. She said that people have this idea that if you just go to some cabin in the woods you can get lots of writing done - it doesn't work.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-16054022458697166292014-11-28T11:56:34.802+00:002014-11-28T11:56:34.802+00:00Nice piece, Clementine. But you do rather imply t...Nice piece, Clementine. But you do rather imply that making a full time living out of writing is simply a matter of working hard...I think the recent figures from ALCS/Society of Authors suggest otherwise.Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-55933565316043631112014-11-28T09:06:59.268+00:002014-11-28T09:06:59.268+00:00Good luck with the interview, Clem! They will be f...Good luck with the interview, Clem! They will be fools not to take you. But I wouldn't give a student a negative message about doing more than one thing. It keeps you enthusiastic, lively, out of ruts. The time management can be tricky, but you (we) make choices and then juggle them. Everyone does it in other areas of life, so it's not very different doing it with work. It isn't harder to juggle two types of work thant to juggle one type and some care responsibilities, for instance. I'd speak out positively for the choice - it does work, and is more fulfilling than sticking to one thing. Very pleased to hear you wouldn't give up either :-)Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.com