from the collected notes of Barbara Jean Hicks
On Balance in the Writer’s Life
Author Caroline Hatton posted a great comment on the SCBWI listserve for the California Central Coast chapter last month that I think deserves wider circulation. It’s about balancing a professional non-writing life and a professional writing life, and was written in response to another writer’s concern that a new employer might discover her online writing presence and worry that she was not fully committed to her “day job.” I particularly like the third point Caroline makes; it made me stop to think about my own reasons both for writing and for teaching. What is the common thread that underlies the work I choose to do?
Caroline's post:
I have three suggestions:
1. Be proud of everything you do because it will move others to respect you for it and to respect everything you do.
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