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May 2012 Workshop
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Yes, You Can Quit Your Day Job
Instructor: Kara Lennox
When: May 7-26, 2012
Cost: $15 for HCRW and Carolina Romance Writers Members, $20 for All Others
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Do you dream of working at home every day, sitting at your computer in your sweats communing with your muse? It's not an impossible dream no matter what your situation. With some careful planning and a lot of self-discipline, you, too, can look forward to Monday morning as a stay-at-home writer.
Kara Lennox gave up the corner office more than twenty years ago and has never regretted it. In this workshop, she will discuss making the transition to self-employment while meeting all financial obligations, from both a published and unpublished perspective.
- the pros and cons of having a regular job
- the best jobs for novelists (it's not what you think)
- how and when to quit, or sorta quit
- when writing IS your job--acting like a professional
- innovative ways to make ends meet, including corners you shouldn't cut
- keeping Uncle Sam happy
- contingency plans
INSTRUCTOR BIO
Bestselling author Kara Lennox, also known as Karen Leabo, left the corporate rat race more than twenty years ago and hasn't ever regretted it. As a fulltime writer she has penned more than 60 contemporary novels of romance and romantic suspense for Harlequin and Bantam Loveswept. Her books have finaled in several romance industry contests including the RITA, and she has received an RT Bookclub Reviewers' Choice award.
Kara has also written ten screenplays and hundreds of nonfiction articles for newspapers, magazines and websites. Currently she writes her own series of romantic suspense novels for Harlequin Superromance (Project Justice). In addition, some of her classic Bantam titles are soon to be reissued as e-books by the publisher’s newly revived Loveswept Classic line. She also has an upcoming release for Harlequin Heartwarming, WORTH ANY RISK.
Kara lives in southern California with her husband, a cat and a bird in a historic landmark money pit.
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