How Not To Become A Bestselling Author December 26, 2007
Posted by eviljwinter in Writing.Tags: fired, Iowa, Sioux Center, Writing
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Poor Tanja Shelton can’t catch a break. Her supervisor noticed she was typing constantly and discovered she was writing a romance novel while at work. So they fired her.
This is not the first time I’ve heard of this. And I’ve been accused of it by people who can’t imagine how else I would write such a big, long book. (Um… It was 210 pages. It’s not that long.) Generally, I’ve never been able to write on the job. I did do a flash story once, waiting for Windows to install on a laptop, but never a longer story. And a novel?
It’s kind of hard to do with the phone ringing. I’ve worked on it during lunch break or stopped at the coffee place on the way home. The fact is I have to unplug from work in order to write.
Most writers I know who have day jobs don’t write at work, unless they own their own business. Then it’s not a matter of giving the business a full eight hours. They just get to pick which eight hours they give it.
The Channel 8 story says all is not lost, that Shelton will finish her novel. That’s great. In the meantime, I think the landlord would like his rent money.
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