It’s very tempting when you’re excited by a new project to believe that surely the world will rush to your door with wealth overflowing. After all, you have a bestseller in the making! You’ll have an urge to put all your hopes on your new project and be tempted to quit your job that is taking time away from your writing.
All successes are preceded by failures, setbacks, twists and turns. So , unless you have prepared for this early period with sufficient savings, keeping your job is strongly advised. I speak from experience.
Back in the 1960’s, one of my brother-in-laws asked me, my two sisters and his sister to sing the demo for a song he had written. We were invited to Motown Studios in Hollywood, CA and were first asked to sing one of their current hits a cappella in front of one of the executives. We were all so excited and sure we were on our way to superstardom!
When we finished, the executive said, as kindly as he could muster, “Keep your day jobs. â€
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