How Your Day Job Can Help Your Writing

Posted on Aug 3rd, 2012 | 81 comments home title

Guest Blogger: Charise Olson

“Don’t quit your day job.” An axiom meant to somehow soften the insult that whatever dream you’re pursuing is going to remain just that for a while: a dream. Perhaps you and I share the dream that our writing will replace our paycheck jobs. My dream specifically includes sand, tropical waters, a large umbrella (I burn easily), and an unlimited battery for my laptop.

But writing is not a get-rich-quick scheme and I’ve got kids to help through college so I’ll probably have to keep my day job even when writing can pay a few bills. It’s not all bad; our day jobs can actually be a benefit to our writing. Here’s how my paycheck job has helped my fiction:

Characters:

Writing can be isolating. Even if you write in a coffee shop, there’s not a lot of personal interaction going on. Yet, what makes a compelling character? Connection. We all want to write characters so compelling, so real our readers are captivated. A day job can bring you into contact with new and varied characters that will inspire a character or give you that just-right detail for a character you’ve already met. My WIP has several “people” inspired from work contacts. In my social service work, I meet some doozies! I’m not about to let all that richness go to waste. Just be sure to change enough details that your fiction is still fiction.

Plot:

When writer’s block hits me, it is usually with plotting. I don’t know how to get myself and my characters out of the corner I’ve written us into. Allowing my brain to focus on something else, like work, has often let my story percolate in the background with a perfect solution bubbling up. My day job requires a different set of skills and energy than writing and that can be a good thing. My work is a respite from writing and writing a respite from work. And depending on your work, you may have a whole plot present itself at work. I once had a job with regular meetings at a seaport. It was the first time I ever considered writing a thriller. A particularly rough day with the boss might give you the perfect plot for an alien abduction novel.

Research/Expertise:

In your job, you know stuff. You know something others don’t. In my work, I’ve attended trainings about serious mental illness, gangs, addiction, law enforcement, educational reform and more. I’ve also traveled to New Orleans, Washington DC, Los Angeles and other places for conferences and trainings. All of that has been required for my day job and is good for the resume, but the expertise and trainings have also provided me with oodles of stuff for my fiction.

Freedom:

The reality is writing may not be our full time income for a while. I initially found this discouraging. But I was eating lunch with a bestselling author once and she told me to enjoy writing for pleasure while I could. She went on to explain writing on deadline and for the market can be a tough adjustment creatively.

So, writing can’t pay my bills right now. And that just might be a good thing.

What great characters and story can you mine from your career? What knowledge do you have courtesy of your day job? How would your writing life change if it was your sole income?

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Charise Olson is keeping her day job. In between that, parenting and owning too many pets, she writes women’s fiction. Her blog, Prayers and Cocktails, can be found at www.chariseolson.com.

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http://www.tillhecomes.org/ Jeremy Myers

Great post.

I have a day job to support my writing habit, and some day, I hope to turn my writing habit into a full-fledged addiction.

I work in a prison, so I have plenty of character ideas from guys I work with.

It is almost too difficult to think about becoming a full-time writer, because the dream seems so far away… but all it takes is one good book, right?
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  I think my beach and kids through college dream may take more than one good book, so I may have to stick around a bit longer.
  
  Your job definitely seems like it’d offer good material!
http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman

I’m a pastor, so I rarely meet normal people (sorry for the adverb). There’s a plethora of plot lines and characters at church. The woman who spends her time scolding children for running in the sanctuary, for example, might be quite an interesting character if she carried a bottle of poison. My absolute favorite story lines come from the “wanderers.” They come in off the street and ask for a handout, but before they do, they give outrageous stories about why they need money. One man told me that he had a terminal illness and his sister beat him, so he had to call the police. Now he needed money to drive to Florida (it’s alway Florida) where he can join other family. (If he has a sister, she doesn’t live here. 95 percent of the stories are bogus, but they give good plots.) So–a scheming drifter meets a grumpy old woman at church and asks for money to make a trip and flee his abusive sister. She must have given him the money, because he’s never heard from again, right? What could possibly make an sweet, old battle axe do away with a lying wanderer?

If my writing was my sole income, I’d continue volunteering at the rescue mission. Oh the stories they inspire.
- http://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com Andrew Budek-Schmeisser
  
  The sweet old battle-axe is actually none other than the infamous ‘Chemical Ali’ in drag (with nerve agent concealed in his/her brassiere), and the drifter is a Mossad officer who was on to him. Now it’s up to the harried mother, having collected her brood, to save the world, as she realizes that the poison she carries is the only antidote to Chemical Ali’s toxic tits.
  - http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
    
    Either that or she used him to fertilize the new carnivorous strain of cucumbers she spliced with snow leopards. We could call “Veggie Tails.”
- R. Foreman
  
  I will be keeping the day job for a minute myself and I’m forever thankful that I have it. I work from 4 am till 12:30 pm, usually from home and it’s an easy transition moving from the work desktop to the writing one.
  
  I found that my job in a call center is the perfect career for my main character – a questionable sociopath with issues.
  - http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
    
    There are a lot of possibilities with that job. Be polite to the person on the phone, they may have your address. Muhahaha.
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  It is always Florida! I also get a lot of “LA” but those tend to be less dramatic than the needs involving Florida.
  - http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
    
    One would think that Kansas would split the difference. I’d love an LA request just to break up the monotony.
http://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com Andrew Budek-Schmeisser

I thought for a while about posting this, but maybe one of you sees life from this angle, too, and maybe it’ll help. Deep breath, and here goes.

How does my day job affect my writing?

This is my day job…

I want to live. The illness they say I’m facing is the stuff of nightmares and last lectures, with pain beyond anything I’ve experienced – and it doesn’t stop. Each day’s a year, each night’s an age, and the casualties of this war have been almost everything I thought important, all the dreams that I thought made ‘me’.

I want to live. Much is lost, but more is gained, for I’ve learned that God is not a genie who will stop the bullets hitting you…instead, He is the figure that will be at your side when you call “Corpsman!” with a failing voice, and that He will truly carry you through the steel rain that your life’s become.

I want to live. I may be gazing into the abyss, but unlike poor Nietzchke, the abyss is not gazing into me. I see a bridge, and an emerald morning meadow. I hope I can help you see it too.

I want to live.
- http://nowthinkaboutit.com EnnisP
  
  Hey Andrew. I didn’t know what to think or feel when I read your post. Sorry for whatever is wrong and wish you good health in the future.
  
  My thoughts are with you.
  - http://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com Andrew Budek-Schmeisser
    
    Thanks. I hope things work out, too, but I was trying to say something past that -
    
    The point is – that our ‘day jobs’ may be things we never expected or wanted, but that we can make something of them, something beyond us. Alloying the experience with the writer’s craft is the way we can make a difference, either by telling a cracking good yarn or inspiring hope and faith.
    
    That, I think, is what writing’s all about.
    - http://nowthinkaboutit.com EnnisP
      
      I get your focus and appreciate what your trying to say. Just feeling the pain.
      
      I don’t handle pain well and experience very little, so anyone who lives with it daily has my attention.
- http://www.inspired2ignite.com Denise
  
  Andrew, I can relate to what you are saying of just making it through the day because of the pain. I’m not sure if you are facing a physical or mental illness, but the pain is equally difficult.
  
  I had several years when I wondered if I would make it through the next day because of emotional and physical pain. Please know there is hope for improvement.
  
  My prayer for you is you will continue to be brave in reaching out and that you have safe people in your life you can lean on. Facing the beast head-on is hard, but also how you will recover.
- http://www.josephjpote.com Joe Pote
  
  Excellent example, Andrew!
  
  Good writing is about communicating deep emotion based on real-life experiences.
  
  For most of us, many of our real-life experiences are somehow related to our work…or driven by our work…or the reason that we work.
  
  I didn’t know you were a poet. Good stuff!
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  Thanks for reading and commenting, Andrew. And my prayers are with you as you cope and go through this struggle.
  
  Addressing your broader point, that your current “day job” offers something important to your writing– I love that. The insights we gain from our lived experience aren’t always easy to capture for a resume, but for our writing, our invaluable. You gave me something to ponder today. Thank you.
- http://kbhyde.wordpress.com Katherine Bolger Hyde
  
  Lord have mercy on you, Andrew. You are facing reality at its deepest, and you write about it so eloquently.
- http://talesfromtheredhead@blogspot.com Jennifer Major @Jjumping
  
  Not until I channel Aragorn and say “I hold your oath fulfilled” are you going ANYWHERE! And I’m smacking you upside the head for that word you used in your comment to PJ.
  Oh, and in case you think I’m mad, I just raised my (inferior) Canadian Diet Coke in your honour.
  
  But look, mister, if I get a call or text from the lovely Mrs AB-S, telling me you’ve not completed the job and went to meet Jesus…I’m going to lock and load, walk to your front door drag you back myself.
  - http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
    
    Welcome back, Jennifer!
    - http://talesfromtheredhead@blogspot.com Jennifer Major @Jjumping
      
      Thanks! It’s good to be back. Someone has to keep certain miscreants in line….
- http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
  
  You’re taking your pain and making pancakes by putting your “I” in the mix. (Yeah it doesn’t make complete sense, but I’m trying to be profound, so work with me here.) Whether we have fifty days or fifty years left, most want to leave behind a legacy, but only some work through the pain to a place of creative mile-markers. Thank you for doing that now through your writing. It WILL help others.
http://nowthinkaboutit.com EnnisP

Keep “A” day job, yes Charise, but the job may have to change to get the exposure and experience you enjoy.

Sounds exciting. A lot of green grass there. Any openings?

Of course if you can’t change or quit your day job, read character rich material and watch philosophically rich TV.
- http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
  
  TV has helped me think of a new murder mystery: “Who killed the Wiggles?” This will be a follow up to my novel “Purple Goo and the Dead Dinosaur.”
  - http://nowthinkaboutit.com EnnisP
    
    Sounds like best sellers to me.
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  The pastures here have some green parts. And also the fair share of cow pies and nasty thorns. Probably some poison oak too. It’s all in a day’s work. But Rachelle didn’t want my post of why a day job is bad for writing…
  - http://nowthinkaboutit.com EnnisP
    
    Good point. When I was in college I worked at a feed mill. To say it tried my patience, not to mention my back, would be an understatement in the extreme. Patties everywhere.
    
    I quit that job twice and both times ended up going back. I had no choice and I hated it. I felt like Joseph in prison but with a bad attitude.
    
    And as much as I hate to admit it, it was good for me!
    
    I wouldn’t, however, recommend that job to anyone, other than my enemies.
http://grapevine.com.au/~nataliem Natalie

Hmmm. My day job is editing other people’s fiction. I don’t see other people or engage in any real-life situations, but I get to see what works and what doesn’t in a story. That should help my writing, but I think I need to look elsewhere for my content.
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  Your statement about “looking elsewhere” for your content really moved me. I’m lately fascinated by the idea of “making it work” regardless of circumstances. Your day job may not offer the benefits I suggested, but you’ve got the great perspective to look elsewhere. Thanks for commenting!
http://grapevine.com.au/~nataliem Natalie

My day job is editing other people’s fiction. I also work from home, so I am quite isolated from the real world. I get to see plenty of examples of what works and what doesn’t in a story, but I need to look elsewhere for content for my own writing.
- http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
  
  Perhaps a book on Deja Vu? GRIN
  - http://grapevine.com.au/~nataliem Natalie
    
    Yes, I thought my comment didn’t go through. I should have waited! But on the other hand, I think I said it better the second time.
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  I went through a stagnant patch- even while I had a stimulating job. But then I met some new people through my husband’s work and found the creative stimuli again. It’s not just in day jobs. You’ll find it.
http://www.welcomebeach.com/ Maegan Gramc

I was hesitant to say how aesthetically challenged I believe this Viosin is. But Tom, I totally agree with the Delahaye.
- http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
  
  Delahaye? The automobile? I’m lost…
http://www.erniezelinski.com Ernie Zelinski

No doubt having a day job or real job can have its benefits, including all those already cited.

In my case, not having a day job helped me become successful. I didn’t need any fictional or real characters to base a story on, because I was writing non-fiction and the story was a bit about me.

The fact that I was unemployed for so long helped me think of the book that brought me the most success. The book is “The Joy of Not Working”.

In fact, I think that when one doesn’t have a day job to rely on for a regular paycheck, one may be much more inspired and motivated to create something that not only pays the bills, but also brings personal freedom and remarkable prosperity in the long run.
- John Sauvé-Rodd (London UK)
  
  Out of college, money spent
  See no future, pay no rent
  All the money’s gone – nowhere to go.
  
  But oh! That magic feeling: nowhere to go.
http://michaelseese.blogspot.com/ Michael Seese

I agree with the general sentiment that it will be nice to get “there.” But in the meantime, I work in infosec. So I learn a lot about technology, as well as current privacy issues. Plus, in order to be successful, I need to think like a bad guy. That sure helps when creating villains.

Just my $0.03.
http://annalisegreen.com Annalise Green

Great post!

I went to a college where people can easily take almost nothing but writing classes. A writing professor told us that we must not do this, that we should try classes that we wouldn’t normally try. I think that without actually saying it, she was trying to discourage the kind of navel-gazing that can occur when writers spend all their time writing, rather than becoming acquainted with other facets of the world.
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  I’ve heard this more and more. A favorite author of mine advises aspiring writers to “get an education, but not necessarily an MFA” for this exact reason.
- http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
  
  I only gaze at my navel during Lent.
  
  “The Role of the Query Letter” on your blog was a helpful piece. (I was going to say “very helpful,” but adverbs are forbidden now.) Thanks!
  - http://talesfromtheredhead@blogspot.com Jennifer Major @Jjumping
    
    That was really, very, super, ultra groanyful…about Lent. Ohhhhh. it’s good to be home.
http://www.atlasmediank.com Adam Porter (@AtlasProWriter)

That bespeckled kid from Liverpool was right. “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.”

And so was Larry Donner…
“A writer writes. Always.”
http://www.memorablemeanders.blogspot,com Jo

Great post by guest blogger. I manage a Guest House on a remote diamond mine site in East Africa. I am the only woman who supervises the meals, laundry and housekeeping for nine hungry miners (including my husband, the mine manager) and on average four-five visitors per week. I have so much information and by blogging about my job and the people, I hope to be able to use these as plot and character examples in my writing.
- http://einefeistyberg.wordpress.com Cherry Odelberg
  
  That is literally a (diamond) gold-mine of information and a treasure trove of experience to draw from. Your challenge must be in finding time to write it down.
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  Wow! You’ve got PLENTY of material there. What an adventure.
- http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
  
  I don’t know why, but your blog link doesn’t work. Since I think you’re life is facinating, http://memorablemeanders.blogspot.com/ works as a link.
http://theotherstephenkingonwriting.blogspot.com Stephen H. King

Well done. I admit, I shamelessly pulled many of my former co-workers into my book. Some of them know it. I did change some of the names, of course.
- http://einefeistyberg.wordpress.com Cherry Odelberg
  
  Um, I think I need to go back and change some more details – or keep the truth and write as memoir.
  - http://theotherstephenkingonwriting.blogspot.com Stephen H. King
    
    Yeah, I’m kinda wishing I had changed more.
    
    -TOSK
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  Anne Lamott has some great advice about changing the details in Bird by Bird. Not sure it’s printable here so I’ll just recommend you look it up. ) Let’s just say she has a pointed suggestion about WHAT details to change so even if people do recognize themselves, they won’t say anything. I tend to use composites.
- http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
  
  I’m planning to use you in a novel, but I’m changing your name to John H. Grisham.
  - http://theotherstephenkingonwriting.blogspot.com Stephen H. King
    
    Don’t you dare! Neil Gaiman if you must….
    
    That, or do what I’ve done: mash up the first and last names of a couple of people. Like “Spider Gaiman.” Now THAT’s a cool name.
    
    Hmm….
    - http://talesfromtheredhead@blogspot.com Jennifer Major @Jjumping
      
      That could be a cool band name too. Only announce it with a British accent…”live on BBC 1, Spider Gaiman!!”
- http://talesfromtheredhead@blogspot.com Jennifer Major @Jjumping
  
  I stuck a few of my idiot, oops, sorry, adverb…who cares…my IDIOT relatives in my book. Heh. So THERE, nasty awful Granny with a fixation for Hot Wheel tracks and spanking. YOU are now an evil murderer who gets it good in the end.
  
  Well, THAT was free therapy, thanks TOSK.
  Grisham.
  Whatever name you wanted…
Elizabeth Wood

Great encouraging post!
http://myquirkycity.wordpress.com Heather

Thanks Charise, very encouraging, as I find myself split between my two passions: architecture and fiction. When both sides push to have my whole life invested in one or the other, I need to remember to sit back, be thankful I can do both, and let one feed the other.

And though I also burn easily, my dream also includes a beach somewhere. I just happened to design the building right next to that beach too.
- http://kbhyde.wordpress.com Katherine Bolger Hyde
  
  Heather, fun to meet someone else who loves architecture and writing! I’m not an architect, but an amateur lover of the art, and I’ve incorporated it one way or another into most of my stories. My dream does not include a beach, but it does include a storybook cottage I helped design!
  - http://myquirkycity.wordpress.com Heather
    
    Awesome Katherine! One day maybe we can compare designs. Clearly we’ll each have a ‘writing space!’
Jeanne

Great post, Charise! As a teacher turned military wife and mom, I don’t feel like I have a lot of “fodder” for interesting character development. But I do get some of the most creative expressions from my kiddos.

Your post challenges me to look beyond the daily living I call my life and seek out various people and situations so I can broaden my experiences and learn more about those who people this world.
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  That’s great! I was a military girlfriend. That break up inspired a novel. But I had to leave all the military stuff out to protect the guilty.
  - Jeanne
    
    I can certainly believe that! Have a great weekend.
http://www.josephjpote.com Joe Pote

My day job requires creativity. It also requires good writing skills.

The funny thing is most people don’t think of it that way.

As a structural engineer, I am constantly challenged to find creative solutions to real-world problems.

I am also required to communicate clearly with others, regarding design requirements and specifications.

It is a much more disciplined form of creativity than what we usually associate with artists.

It is also a much more structured writing style than what we usually associate with writers.

Nevertheless, it is both creative and writing…and my day-job and my hobby definitely do compliment each other in practicing use and development of skill sets.
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  You must be one of those rare people who can blend the left and right spheres. That’s great! I totally get that you can think like an artist (fiction, design) and engineer. My husband is the same. I do find it difficult to write fiction when I’m working on a technical writing project though.
  - http://www.josephjpote.com Joe Pote
    
    Yes, the writing styles are vastly different. I definitely have to change gears, so to speak.
    
    Yet, the fundamental goal of clear communication of abstract concepts remains the same.
    
    Once I have clearly defined both my intended message and my intended audience, most of the differences between technical writing and creative writing sort of fade into the background.
    
    Both require precise use of language to clearly convey creative concepts. Just different concepts conveyed to different audiences…
http://einefeistyberg.wordpress.com Cherry Odelberg

What an upbeat an often needed reminder! Thank you for this post.
Every experience – especially the day job – feeds the writer and the writing.
http://girlseeksplace.wordpress.com Brianna

I have a day, albeit part-time, but it gives me plenty of fodder for my fiction. Even if I do make it as a writer someday, I’m not sure I’d quit my day job.
http://www.christianmamasguide.com Erin

This is so great, Charise! I want to add that I actually LIKE my day job. It gives me a break from the writer’s mindset and helps me to be fresh when I actually do write.
http://crowproductions.com joan cimyotte

I loved your post. I liked using our everyday routines to sit on a cornered plot. I still dream that if writing was my full time job, I would do it. With a precautionary “Be careful what you wish for” I am still content to wish.
http://www.sueharrison.com Sue Harrison

Great post, Charise! As a writer who has lived in both worlds – just writing, and writing plus a day job – I’ve learned that isolation is a detriment to my writing skills. Our brains need “exercise” and that comes to us not only through writing but also through a wide variety of experiences.

Except for my love of performance (speaking and music) I’d very happily bury myself in my office, but without human interaction, my writing becomes stale and unimaginative. Hooray for day jobs!!
Janet Bettag

I just retired from my day job so I can write full time. But 17+ years with my last employer has left me with plenty of raw material.

I think the key is to remain active, keep in touch with friends, and develop a new circle of associates among the writing community.
http://kbhyde.wordpress.com Katherine Bolger Hyde

I think I need a new day job. Working at home as an editor doesn’t provide any of the benefits you mention except the paycheck. However, it does keep me on my toes as a writer—I dare not commit any of the errors I chastise other writers for!
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  Good thing you have lots of friends. You can mine their crazy lives for material!
http://talesfromtheredhead@blogspot.com Jennifer Major @Jjumping

I have managed a coffee bar, worked retail, been a nanny for some nice people and some complete idiots. I’ve done mission work with some nice people and some…others. I’ve traveled through 5 airports in 3 days and seen some outfits that even broke the decency requirements of HBO. And every TV network in Latin America.
While crying into my cellphone in Newark, I STILL managed to watch people and mine the moment for characters. Seriously.

As a SAHM, there is no end to meeting other parents and mentally filing away the gems I glean from either their amazing wisdom, or flaming weirdness.

As a parent, I also know exactly how to write about heartbreak and disappointment. And the desire to do away with certain low life boyfriends. But this ain’t the Wild West. Which is a bummer.
My writing life would scare me to bits if it was my sole income, since my part-part-time job at a newspaper is only enough to buy Diet Coke.
- http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
  
  Jennifer, as your friend I’m going to be blunt. You need to write books in the same voice you use here. I can just imagine you putting some woman on all your adventures who sums up situations with your wit and humor. Just add an antagonist and stir. There’s your gold mine!!!
  - http://talesfromtheredhead@blogspot.com Jennifer Major @Jjumping
    
    Thanks PJ, I appreciate your honesty. And I do have a new story floating in my head right now…
    - http://pjcasselman.wordpress.com/ P. J. Casselman
      
      Flush it to your fingers!
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  Only writers can be in mid-crisis and have the thought “I need to remember all this so I can get just right in the novel.”
http://www.kathrynalbright.com Kathryn Albright

Great blog, and it validates so many things about my day job (which I love). I think a perfect job would be 3 days a week instead of five, however. Enough for the “outside” stimulation and then enough time with my computer to get some solid writing done. Thanks for putting such a positive spin on a situation that I occasionally complain (to myself and…okay sometimes my husband)about.
- http://chariseolson.com/ Charise
  
  I’m with you! I was up for a job not too long ago that would have been shorter days- allowing me designated hours for writing before daycare pick-up. It ended not working out but it was nice to imagine!
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http://www.artesianministries.org Donna Pyle

Charise, great post! I agree with Jeremy, I have a day job to support my writing/speaking habit. Well, it’s not really a habit, is it? It’s a calling, a passion, and a nudge that keeps poking us, right? My day job frees me in so many ways. I don’t worry about being able to pay bills. My retirement will be well taken care of. I travel to amazing places around the globe, which feeds directly into my writing. And the list goes on. You’re right – writing can be very solitary and lonely. Knowing I need to be somewhere on time each morning gets me up and moving, when some days I would just slug around. Thanks for this post!
http://lifeisapreciousgift.com Victoria Popescu

I am a reflexologist and a healer through the human energy field. I’ve spent almost 10 years learning about healing- what emotions, thoughts and feelings tell us through the body and deepening my understanding about energy work, plant spirit medicine and our universal dimension/connection to God. My job is a great passion and the results of my sessions are very rewarding. However, I’ve always had a passion for writing. A few years ago, a deep desire to share my experience and knowledge became very intense so I’ve decided to do it through novels. As of today, I speak three languages, all quite well but non of them perfect as I had to live in different countries at different moments in my life. My heart chose english. and after a great battle with myself – to start publishing or not, I self published my first novel Anita- A journey through love last fall. I am working on finishing a new one these days. I am very happy as I chose to share a lot about the healing sessions I give through this second one, knowing that it can bring helpful information and perhaps great changes into people’s lives. Regardless of my success as a writer, help people heal is part of my life, so chances are I will never stop doing it. Besides, the two seem to be the perfect combination I was looking for. Thank you for this great post! If anyone has a major healing issue and feels that I can help in some way, I will be very happy to try.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend filled with sunshine!
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