tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173702747791230686.post2348915710116817366..comments2023-04-02T07:19:31.692-05:00Comments on Outside the Box: A Job or a Hobby?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173702747791230686.post-5686853169719365382016-11-21T12:15:39.471-06:002016-11-21T12:15:39.471-06:00Oh, I'm pretty sure they already told their sp...Oh, I'm pretty sure they already told their spouse to stuff it. LOL. And since I've never met this spouse person, I didn't really let their words effect me - other than to make me think again. <br /><br />You are definitely not in this for the hobby. You bust your ass every week for your business. Me? Not so much, but I'm getting there. B.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173702747791230686.post-71382231726652421052016-11-21T11:40:44.120-06:002016-11-21T11:40:44.120-06:00Writing hasn't been a hobby for me for a very ...Writing hasn't been a hobby for me for a very long time. I sort of miss those days. Now I have a "cottage industry" with deadlines and stress and business things that I suck out which is why I never went into marketing. But I can't imagine doing anything else. I have too many stories to tell. Do I need the income? Yes. Am I making a bundle? Oh hell NO!!! Some months I barely buy groceries. But there have been times when I could afford to do things for my family. It's a crap shoot. We're entrepreneurs, you and I, and every other writer who pays editors and cover designers and formatters (or do it ourselves), who plan and implement marketing strategies, who put a product out there for the general public.<br /><br />Tell your friend's husband to stuff it. Let's see him do this job--little positive feedback, criticism more often than not, working for pennies... It's a dirty job but someone has to do it. And I'm not really feeling as down/negative as this sounds. I'm just being a realist today. And avoiding new words. LOLSilver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.com