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TB waged war with audiobook pirates on YouTube and won for a day, but she knows it’s going to be a long battle. The Proposal, the London novella, is with the ARC team, but TB is more nervous than normal about releasing it due to the whole Amazon deranking issue. In fun writing news, TB has started another cowrite with Miranda MacLeod, and the story takes place on a ranch. Despite TB’s ancestors being ranchers, her knowledge about it is minimal, unless you count ranch sauce on a salad.
Clare has had a very unexpected week. Her writing retreat in Whitstable had to be postponed to February because she got COVID. But Clare turned the negative into a positive by doing her January writing retreat at home, adding 25k to her first draft. Change of Heart fans, the audiobook has been commissioned. Toot toot! In more actionable news, while in quarantine, Clare booked her three editing dates for the year. Considering it wasn’t the week she expected, she was super productive, making her the positivity queen of the year so far!
They bang on to the topic: when should you give up your day job to write full-time? TB took the reins on this topic, but it was a difficult to answer because she was unemployed when she started writing full-time. However, TB outlines things to take into account when considering giving up your day job. Clare adds very wise words that shouldn’t be ignored. Before making the decision, you must determine how much risk you’re willing to take and know if you have the discipline to run your own business.
Did the duo miss any key points to consider?
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Next week they’ll discuss print books. Don’t ignore them.
Happy listening!
Clare and TB