It’s here.
It’s finally freaking here!
When Kristen and I sold the Tattered Cover Bookstores in December, I agreed to stay on to help the new owners open two locations. That work is done, and as of today, July 1, 2021, my vocation is now full-time writer.
This is not retirement. Our kids have developed a nasty addiction to food, shelter, and clothing that will require money. It is a job. Just a job at which I really want to succeed.
In addition to my own books, I’m hoping to take writing-for-hire assignments, develop avenues of passive income related to writing, and maybe even teach. The goal is to stitch together enough streams of revenue to support our family. I have one year to figure it out.
Am I nervous about it? Yeah, of course. But I’ve managed to publish four of my own novels, and a fifth in collaboration with Julie Halpern, while working a series of very full-time days jobs and raising two kids. Now that I can devote all my energy to writing, I’m more excited than anxious, more hopeful than terrified.
I’ll be writing more in this space about this journey, and will likely engage more in social media, too, so stay tuned. In the meantime, let the writing begin.