I knew that you couldn't make a living simply writing about the outdoors, so I made an effort from the beginning of my freelance career to write about other subjects.
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I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.
I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.
What I do is not go outside. My hobby is that I write, so if I'm not acting or being a mom, I'm writing.
Before I began concentrating on writing, in my free time I was an artist, making and selling etchings illustrating stories based on my readings in classical literature.
Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.
Writing is my profession. Photography is my hobby.
I wasn't always a novelist. I began my writing career as a journalist, working on an afternoon newspaper in Sydney, Australia, doing the crime beat and court reporting. Having grown up in a small country town, I felt as though I had nothing to write about.
I never considered writing as a career - it was always a creative outlet for me and something I just loved to do.
I chose photography over writing. I had to make a living.
Writing was something I always liked, but it wasn't a career until I was laid off from my executive position in my 30s. I started a website because I was bored, unemployed and angry.
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