L&SR's Wed Blog Challenge - What I Wanted To Do When I Grew Up vs. What I Do

Aug 13th L&SR’s Wed Blog Challenge – What I Wanted To Do When I Grew Up vs. What I Do

Welcome to #L&SR’s Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge August 12, 2020, What I wanted to do when I grew up vs. what I do! Well now that’s interesting. I am doing exactly what I always wanted to do, but it was a long and winding road to get here. Please have a seat, grab an iced tea or lemonade out of the cooler. Be sure and try a chocolate chip or peanut butter cookie.

For the last five years I’ve been a full time author with twelve books published since 2015, when I decided to try living my dream. The road to get here was rocky to say the least. I spent eight years as a savings and loan employee starting at telling and working my way up to assistance branch manager. But the challenge was never there. I did enjoy the customer contact.

So I returned to school to get a paralegal degree. Meanwhile for two years I worked nights as a radio DJ at a top local rock station. Now that was fun, met a lot of my favorite bands and entertainers.

Spent the next eleven years working as a paralegal for a criminal law firm. In the beginning it was challenging and exciting but as the crimes got more violent and frequent, I bailed. Seeing our clients out on bond during my off time and when I was with my elderly mother cemented my decision to move on.The encounters were scary to say the least.

The next fourteen years were spent as an Office and IT manager for an electric contracting firm. While I did enjoy the job, management and ownership changes affected the Mission of the company. Employees became just a means to get the job done, not appreciated as previously. Eventually I was downsized. I decided then and there, no more working for someone else. My husband and I talked it over and he fully supported me giving my dream of becoming a published author a shot and we never looked back!

So there you have it what I wanted to do when I grew up vs. what I do. How about you? What did you want to do when you grew up vs. what you’re doing?

Alas, I must return to my writing cave where deadlines loom preparing promo on my upcoming release HIDDEN GYPSY MAGIC I will be releasing the cover and release date soon. Stay tuned! Chocolate Raspberry Magic is in final galley now release date been extended until April 2021. And working on a new WIP sixth book in A Demon’s Witch Series(very exciting and coming along very well) AND a new project is simmering Wylder West Assignment. Keep an eye out for more information. Now let’s see what other authors wanted to do when whey grew up vs what the do. L&SR

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Thanks for popping in. I really appreciate it. Next week, Aug 5, 2020, can you believe it? The summer is almost gone. Anyway topic is Favorite book or movie quotes (and why)! Sounds like fun!