Don’t Give Up the Day Job

More of my inane ramblings on writing…

Unless you’re tapping into that trust-fund set up by your dearly departed maiden aunt (the one everyone knew was a lesbian but no one mentioned it) or have a partner who doesn’t mind indulging you (that’ll be me, then), don’t give up the day job just yet.

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Jack Scott Imagine the absurdity of two openly gay, married, middle aged, middle class men escaping the liberal sanctuary of anonymous London to relocate to a Muslim country. I chronicled our exploits with the mad, the bad, the sad and the glad in a blog for the whole world to ignore. Then came the book which became a critically acclaimed best seller. Its success opened out a whole new career for me, firstly as an author, and now as an indie publisher. Who'd have thought it? Certainly not me. In June 2012, we ended our Anatolian affair and paddled back to Britain on the evening tide, washing up in Norwich, a surprising city in eastern England, then to the wilds of Norfolk as the only gays in the village. I’m sometimes nostalgic for our encounters with the hopeless, the hapless and, yes, the happy go lucky. They gave me an unexpected tale to tell and for this I thank them.

7 thoughts on “Don’t Give Up the Day Job”

petchary says:

25 August, 2013 at 20:15

Very good advice! (I knew my dearly departed maiden aunt was one…funnily enough…)

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1. Jack Scott says:
  
  25 August, 2013 at 20:29
  
  😀
  
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Alan says:

25 August, 2013 at 21:32

or at least prepare for the day that you do! Get your money out of the reach of the taxman and out of the control of banks, out of stirling/dollars/etc.

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1. Jack Scott says:
  
  25 August, 2013 at 21:37
  
  I’ve got mine in gold sovereigns…
  
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Yvonne Alpan says:

26 August, 2013 at 08:17

Yeah all so true I thought we hit the jack pot when Ahmet published his 2nd book only to realize it was not going to work out that way at all. Now he is working hard in a day & night job (that’s Turkey for you) and the 3rd book is a struggle but what a great boost for an ego that had seen better days. Just got his 1st. book translated into English and will be looking on how to publish in the English speaking world…. any advice ? I am not expecting too much but if we don’t dream we won’t achieve anything.

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1. Jack Scott says:
  
  26 August, 2013 at 09:44
  
  Hi Yvonne
  
  It is difficult but keep on plugging! Did you see my article on publishing? You’ll find it here http://thedisplacednation.com/2013/06/05/jack-the-hack-advice-to-all-you-expat-writers-publish-and-be-damned/ and if you have any further questions, just drop me a line.
  
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Yvonne Alpan says:

27 August, 2013 at 08:22

Thanks Jack have taken that on board and will be discussing the options, very helpful on publishing, hope we have the stamina left after this season to do it.

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