Dole scum
This morning I'll be doing something I've never done before -- signing on. Does this mean I'm a proper artist now?
posted by Christine at 10:30 AM
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
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- Name: Christine
- Location: London, United Kingdom
Comedy writer. Tell me I'm funny or I'll hold my breath til I die and it'll be all your fault.
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3 Comments:
Depends. Did you tell 'em your full name is Christopher Robin Todd? (A Blackstuff reference and no mistake.)
I've done this. Er, not the Christopher Robin Todd bit. And I expect it doesn't to help to tell you that I felt bad doing it. Six weeks it lasted, and though you know this is precisely why there is such a thing as the dole, you know you're paying for it every time you cough up your taxes, there is still an enormous relief when you can walk away.
So I understand how you feel and I wish you a quick walk away. But in the meantime, I say it again, the dole is a service and a laudable one. It's just so close to doldrums.
William
Been there, done that, never going back.
Hopefully.
Is this a career choice or an unavoidable necessity?
Unavoidable necessity. I'd been doing software development contracts in between stretches of writing full-time, but the people who were giving me the contracts have run out of money. I hope it won't take me too long to find something else, but you never can tell with job searches. Especially when techie companies start asking awkward questions about my long-term career goals. "No Mr Hiring Manager, I don't ever want to make my living from writing. Whatever gave you that idea?"
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