Welcome to Biting-Edge, a blog shared by authors and vampire experts, Mario Acevedo and Jeanne Stein. We’ll cover urban fantasy, vampires, pop culture, and all things Joss Whedon. Unlike other fantasy blogs, we don’t insist on body cavity searches (unless you ask politely). Snarkiness is most welcome...though we won't promise not to bite back!

Friday, June 15, 2007
  Your/slash/life
Mario here:

We’re at the finish line for our contest! After today, no mas. Soon we award the Devil Duck.


The e-mailman for the Biting-Edge world corporate headquarters got a hernia delivering the bzallions of entries. All were cool, some were great, but I was a little suspicious of a few. Frankenstein? What kind of a title is that? It’ll never sell. Gone With the Wind? Again, not sure of the vampire angle but the title...Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.

Last night I attended a writers salon as part of the summer LitFest sponsored by the Lighthouse Writers Workshop. The topic: "Secret Lives of Writers" A Salon discussing what writers do to support/complement/sustain/supplement their writing lives.




The guest speaker, Marci Alboher, is an author/speaker/writing coach and led a discussion about how people identify themselves as writers and what they do to pay the bills. Few of us can sustain ourselves through our writing and we need the day job to keep from living in an alley.

Do you “out” yourself as a writer? How compatible is your day job with your writing aspirations? Are you a writer/cube rat/mom/volunteer?
 
Comments:
Mario,
Great to meet you last night and talk "slash." Looking forward to meeting up in NYC!
Ciao,
Marci
 
my job (just over broke) is actually condusive to my writing, I have enough time, a few hours a day to sit down and hammer the keys. The sweet thing is, I am paid whether I am doing my own thing (writing) or thiers.
 
Mike,

Keep hammering those keys. That's half the battle in writing.
 
Mum's the word about my writing life at my corporate job. I have told a few close coworkers in confidence, but I don't want to advertise that I'm actively pursuing another career. I can't afford to be held back at my corporate job on the chance I'll get published and be able to support my writing _with_ my writing.

My blog is parked at a domain name that is simply my real name, however, so it wouldn't take much for a coworker to find me. I just don't advertise it.
 
Mario,
Super cool new cover to book three!(did I just type super cool? yikes!)
Yea for the return of the aliens! :)
 
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