Take a chance...

kerry3280

Hi all,

Over the past 3 years I've tried just about everything to make a bit of extra money, just enough to keep the wolf (and the bailiffs) from the door.

18 months ago I decided to take a chance and started writing fiction. I never expected it to do much but then I was only trying to make what I would earn as a part time wage, that was my only aim.

My life now just 18 short months later is unrecognisable because I took a leap of faith.

Here I am in my local paper today http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/leisure/sevendays/features/11624545._18_months_ago_I_was_struggling_on_benefits___now_I_ve_written_five_crime_novels_under_the_name_A_J_Carella_/?ref=mac

For those out there looking for ways to make a bit of money on the side I would offer this. Think outside the box. Yes, you can make a few pennies filling out surveys for hours on end etc or you can do something that makes you happy and, in the long term, will pay you what your time deserves. Stick at it, don't give up, you never know where it may take you. :p

rhialwencomp

Congratulations. :T

I've always wanted to write books.
Plots are my weak point, I get very caught up in characters and forget that they have to actually do something.

lincroft1710

Well done, Kerry, your's is the story we like to read on these boards.

Wizzbang

Very inspiring story and nice to hear of someone local too I hope you can make your dream of becoming a solicitor a reality, one day. Thanks for sharing!

asajj

Wow thanks for sharing Very inspiring!

iwanttoberich

Congratulations Kerry!!! I have been thinking of ways to make extra money other than those tedious surveys. You have just given me inspiration. :T

[Deleted User]

Well done, Kerry! Thank you for sharing your success story with us. I hope this is just the start of lots of good things for you :T

I suspect a lot of people are like me, procrastinators to a fault:o, filling our time just scratching the money-making surface with tedious and low-paying surveys and such like. You've proved how daring to 'go for it' really can make a difference and I'm sure have now inspired many of us to do the same:beer:.

Former_MSE_Andrea

Great story kerry3280! Really inspiring!

DaveTheGeordie

Congratulations. I want to write a story, or some stories sometimes. Basically a front for my ideologies but I think I lack the grammar skills. 'That' v 'which' and all that stuff. How important is that these days? Seems everyone is writing an ebook now.

DaveTheGeordie

carbootcrazy wrote: »

I suspect a lot of people are like me, procrastinators to a fault:o, filling our time just scratching the money-making surface with tedious and low-paying surveys and such like.

Yup. That's me

hermum

Well done, what an inspiration.