Blonde Ambition

A very good friend of mine decided this weekend that she is giving her notice on her job so she can get started on her career. Her writing career.

Sigh…why can’t that be me?

Oh wait! It can be me. I just have to make the decision to do it. I’ll be honest. I’m not ready to go full-time with it yet.

But quitting my part-time job to write in the evenings is so close it has me salivating. I talked to my SO tonight (thanks for the lead-in, Rissa). He said it was my choice.

When I asked if he would support me, he said, “What do you mean?”

You gotta love him. He thought I meant support as in, “You pay for everything while I sit on my ass all day and type.” He doesn’t realize that writers can make money.

That’s my fault, I guess. I have told him about my writing gigs so far where I don’t really make a lot of money.

I clarified that by support I meant emotional support…a cheerleader. Rah! Rah! Rah!

That, he can do.

I am going to wait until after Christmas to give my notice…I think…if I can hold out that long. I keep telling myself the extra money would come in handy for Christmas. And I would still like to sell an article to a magazine first so I feel validated in quitting.

But I officially have his support, so the rest is up to me now.

Crikey.

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