Good news-Bad news
The phone call: I've just been commissioned to write another biography. Big smile on my face. Great boost for my self-esteem.
The good news: The first book I wrote is to be published soon. Writing is what I love doing. Writing the extraordinary life stories of ordinary people is what I love to do even more. I can't wait to start.
The bad news: I'm still writing chapters for my thesis. I'm bogged down, drowning in journal articles, strangled by the high-brow expectations of academia. No time to start on another job or I'll jeopardise my studies. I've struggled for so long with my thesis-writing.
My dilemma: My hands are in shackles. Do I want to have an academic qual that I might never use or be a biographer? Should I follow my heart or my head.
My bank account: Empty. I could do with some pocket money.
The consequences: My motto in life is to follow the rational path. Ignore the pull of the heart strings and get back to my academic chapter writing. Defy all distractions. Remain single-minded. Feel the pain and deal with it. Persevere with the thesis. Maybe the job offer will act as a carrot to motivate me through my studies.
I just hope my patron has a long and healtly life and can wait for me.
3 Comments:
Do both!
Michelle I tried doing both with my last book and ended up missing all my thesis deadlines. I can't risk that again or they'll kick me out.
I will do both, one after the other if all parties concerned can put up with me long enough.
I've got several hundred dollars in overdue library fines too.
Geez your lucky. We don't get fined financially, we get "day,weekley,monthly" loan penalties. If your one day late, then your not allowed to borrow for 2 days....if yor a week late, no borrowing for 2 weeks LOL then they acrew.
By the sounds of it you wouldn't be able to borrow under our system for 2 years LOL
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