I found ten in the early part of my day between prepping for classes and voting for the future Chair of my division. Spoiler Alert: Old Chair is my pick for the new Chair. I’m good with change when change is good. But enough about my sordid work life. This is supposedly a blog about writing and the writing life. One of the more tortured aspects of that life is getting paid. I don’t get paid often or well, which is why I’m teaching so much. That old saying, “If you can’t do it, teach it” does apply to a significant extent in the creative arts. I haven’t had the break I needed to continue my lifestyle and write full time. I’m also not in a place in my life where I can pare back too much. As I said, I’m good with change when change is good.
What would be good is actually getting paid relatively on time. I presently deal with a 8-18 month lag on payments. The 8 is being generous. The 18 might be as well. For example, the Voltron RPG was released in January. I have not been paid. Now when I say released I’m not talking about when I finished the writing or when the book was finished… Yeah. It’s like that in the RPG world.
I need to get back to novels.