The perks of a day job

How work outside of writing can relieve pressures on our creativity

Last month, I started a new job. (For those curious, it’s a part-time graphic design position. I’m working about 20 hrs/wk.)

This is a big change for me.

Granted, “Author” hasn’t been my sole job in quite some time. When I first queried agents in 2011, I was working a day job as an Art Director at a small design agency. When I left that job in 2013, I enj…