Comments on: Mixed Bag http://www.jordansummers.com/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/ Romance Writer & Urban Fantasy Novelist Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Jordan http://www.jordansummers.com/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9766 Jordan Sun, 31 Dec 2006 20:45:52 +0000 http://208.73.34.214/~jordansu/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9766 Daisy, Thank you! Same to you. :D Daisy, Thank you! Same to you. :D

]]> By: Daisy Dexter Dobbs http://www.jordansummers.com/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9765 Daisy Dexter Dobbs Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:32:59 +0000 http://208.73.34.214/~jordansu/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9765 Yes, making a living writing is indeed possible but that's not to say it's easy and it involves plenty of patience, effort and commitment--which is just one of the reasons I don't have the time or inclination to get involved in snark, squabbles, flame wars, etc. Best wishes, Jordan, for a new year filled with joy, love, good health, friendship, and enough of whatever you want and need to fulfill your deepest dreams and desires. Yes, making a living writing is indeed possible but that’s not to say it’s easy and it involves plenty of patience, effort and commitment–which is just one of the reasons I don’t have the time or inclination to get involved in snark, squabbles, flame wars, etc.

Best wishes, Jordan, for a new year filled with joy, love, good health, friendship, and enough of whatever you want and need to fulfill your deepest dreams and desires.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.jordansummers.com/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9764 Jordan Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:37:29 +0000 http://208.73.34.214/~jordansu/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9764 Amie, Me too on the snark. Yep, being a single mom isn't easy. My mom raised me alone for the first four/five years of my life. Amie, Me too on the snark. Yep, being a single mom isn’t easy. My mom raised me alone for the first four/five years of my life.

]]> By: Amie http://www.jordansummers.com/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9763 Amie Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:05:04 +0000 http://208.73.34.214/~jordansu/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9763 I've done my best to avoid most of the snark this year, catching most of it after the fact like a bad car wreck =) As to making a living writing, I'm not under any illusions, not as a single parent with two kids and a pittance in child support coming in. I'm just lucky my daycare days are pretty much over. I’ve done my best to avoid most of the snark this year, catching most of it after the fact like a bad car wreck =)

As to making a living writing, I’m not under any illusions, not as a single parent with two kids and a pittance in child support coming in. I’m just lucky my daycare days are pretty much over.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.jordansummers.com/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9762 Jordan Sun, 31 Dec 2006 03:36:08 +0000 http://208.73.34.214/~jordansu/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9762 Bernard, You're right about the starving artist thing...says the woman who used to date a musician. *ggg* To be fair, he wasn't exactly starving. :) Bernard, You’re right about the starving artist thing…says the woman who used to date a musician. *ggg* To be fair, he wasn’t exactly starving. :)

]]> By: Jordan http://www.jordansummers.com/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9761 Jordan Sun, 31 Dec 2006 03:34:59 +0000 http://208.73.34.214/~jordansu/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9761 Lauren, Sometimes it pays to stay out of the fray. I'm fortunate too that my dh makes enough for me to sit here like a lump most days. *ggg* I would definitely have to work at least part-time, until I got more of an EC backlist built up. I may have been writing for them since 03 (sold to them in 02), but I don't have enough books out to breathe easy. For now, I'll have to be content with donating a novella to the cause here and there, while I write the single titles elsewhere. :) Lauren, Sometimes it pays to stay out of the fray. I’m fortunate too that my dh makes enough for me to sit here like a lump most days. *ggg* I would definitely have to work at least part-time, until I got more of an EC backlist built up. I may have been writing for them since 03 (sold to them in 02), but I don’t have enough books out to breathe easy. For now, I’ll have to be content with donating a novella to the cause here and there, while I write the single titles elsewhere. :)

]]> By: BernardL http://www.jordansummers.com/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9760 BernardL Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:48:38 +0000 http://208.73.34.214/~jordansu/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9760 You have a day job Charli, and a pretty important one at that. How can what a stay at home Moms worth be calculated? Anything you happen to earn on the side is extraordinary income. As was pointed out, anything you took on, which made daycare a reality, will cost its weight in money and anguish. My point with having a day job, is while the perception of a starving writer/artist may be romantic, the reality of it sucks. :) You have a day job Charli, and a pretty important one at that. How can what a stay at home Moms worth be calculated? Anything you happen to earn on the side is extraordinary income. As was pointed out, anything you took on, which made daycare a reality, will cost its weight in money and anguish. My point with having a day job, is while the perception of a starving writer/artist may be romantic, the reality of it sucks. :)

]]> By: Lauren http://www.jordansummers.com/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9759 Lauren Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:48:47 +0000 http://208.73.34.214/~jordansu/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9759 I think some people do not get the difference between snark, which is clever and subtle but not bitter and meanspirited, and well, bitter and meanspirited. Anyone can be mean, it's easy and the low road. Not everyone is clever enough to manage snarky (Smart Bitches can do it so well! But not very many sites that like to say they're snarky actually are. But still, it's my very big resolution/goal to keep my ass out of flamewars and to avoid the bitter sites. I have enough negativity in my life and it's not helpful to me at all.<br> As for making a living - my husband and I were just talking about this earlier. I'm fortunate, he makes a good living and although it was tight before with me at home, my writing income is a nice supplemental one. If I were on my own, I'd have to at least work part time and probably more because I'd need healthcare for my kids. EC has been very good to me, but it's only now, after two years that I'm seeing any real results because I've built up a backlist. I think some people do not get the difference between snark, which is clever and subtle but not bitter and meanspirited, and well, bitter and meanspirited. Anyone can be mean, it’s easy and the low road. Not everyone is clever enough to manage snarky (Smart Bitches can do it so well! But not very many sites that like to say they’re snarky actually are. But still, it’s my very big resolution/goal to keep my ass out of flamewars and to avoid the bitter sites. I have enough negativity in my life and it’s not helpful to me at all.

As for making a living - my husband and I were just talking about this earlier. I’m fortunate, he makes a good living and although it was tight before with me at home, my writing income is a nice supplemental one. If I were on my own, I’d have to at least work part time and probably more because I’d need healthcare for my kids. EC has been very good to me, but it’s only now, after two years that I’m seeing any real results because I’ve built up a backlist.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.jordansummers.com/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9758 Jordan Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:46:00 +0000 http://208.73.34.214/~jordansu/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9758 Charli, I don't have kids, but I do understand the expense of keeping them in day care. Sometimes it is cheaper to stay home. You're fortunate that you have a job that allows you to do so. :) You're probably making more money by staying home than you would be working outside the house. Charli, I don’t have kids, but I do understand the expense of keeping them in day care. Sometimes it is cheaper to stay home. You’re fortunate that you have a job that allows you to do so. :) You’re probably making more money by staying home than you would be working outside the house.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.jordansummers.com/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9757 Jordan Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:44:09 +0000 http://208.73.34.214/~jordansu/2006/12/29/mixed-bag-2/#comment-9757 Bernard, You definitely have to be unique in this particular marketplace. The same old, same old isn't flying anymore. As for the day job, it's a little late for that. I quit the airline in 2002. Oops! ;) Bernard, You definitely have to be unique in this particular marketplace. The same old, same old isn’t flying anymore. As for the day job, it’s a little late for that. I quit the airline in 2002. Oops! ;)

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