For the first time in fourteen years I have a full-time job that draws a steady check, instead of relying on royalties. This job? Thanks to all the experience I picked up over the last decade writing novels, audiodrama, games, etc, it pays pretty well.
My title is "senior writer."
The job itself? Mostly proofreading, a little admin. Contract work rather than employment, but it's long term and that's the world we live in.
However, the house style isn't mine, and I'm going to need a side project to keep my skills sharp. Maybe I'll write another novel.
It's going to be weird, writing with a safety net at the expense of having so little time to actually, you know, write. I'm used to blocks of 6-10 hours at a time, but that's clearly not an option now.
I will need a new process.
I have more ideas than I have time to implement in my remaining life on Earth, so the question is which I should work on and how to implement it. A novel? Self-published or the two+ year traditional path? A serial? A game? A spec script?
I don't know. I have two hours a night to throw at this.
