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So I quit my day job...

So I quit my day job...

On a decade of writing, turning a hobby into a profession, charging for my work, and offering you a tote bag

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Caroline Calvert
Jan 06, 2025
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Many writers say that quitting their day jobs is the worst thing that ever happened to their writing. Gone is the pressure to rise before dawn to write for an hour alongside the steam rising from a cup of tea. In its place is pressure to live off of the meager proceeds of one’s most original thoughts, the kind of unbearable pressure that can make a wide…

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