Committing to Practice

“So what are you going to do, if you’re not applying for teaching jobs?”

Being a career changer is an often lonely place to be. Add in being a twenty-something Millennial pursuing a creative career? Forget about it.

I remember the first time I told my parents I wanted to be a writer. The conversation went the same way as it did when I spoke to most adults about my dream of being a wordsmith professionally.

I was a prodigious and prolific reader and writer as a child and teenager. It was no surprise to anyone that I would be drawn to…