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Sunday nights get to me.<\/p>\nSunday nights get to me.<\/p>\n
I love having a weekend to see the people I love, and I love having a weekend to write!<\/p>\n
Sunday night signals a return to the 5\/7ths of the week I have to work.<\/p>\n
When it comes to jobs, I have a good one. I’ve turned down offers making almost 40% more than I currently make because I like being close to home and working with friends. While what I do (editing and formatting airplane manuals), isn’t my dream job, it’s a good job that does <\/em>come with a sense of satisfaction.<\/p>\n For a day job, I know it could be worse. Were I to complain about what I’d do — especially with some of the jobs I’ve had in the past<\/a> — I’d just be whining.<\/p>\n *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n I met Mark Finn in 1992 when I was writing comic books. Mark Finn is one of my heroes. He writes<\/a>, runs a movie theater<\/a> with his awesome wife in a small Texas town, and he’s working hard to open a museum<\/a> for a great American musician.<\/p>\n Mark is part of Clockwork Storybook<\/a>, a writing collective full of great writers. The Clockwork Storybook blog<\/a> is one of my favorite writing blogs.<\/p>\n This weekend, I was catching up on blog posts on the site. I came across Daryl Gregory’s<\/a> post about the way it feels being part of a group of full-time writers, while he still works a day job. It’s a post you should read<\/a>. (Pay particularly close attention to paragraphs 6 and 7.)<\/p>\n I loved this line:<\/p>\n “…even though that job pays our mortgage and will help our children go to college, I still resent it when I’m aching to get more writing done.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I think anybody with even a good day job, but wanting something more, can relate.<\/p>\n I know I do.<\/p>\n