The Real Cost of Writing Full-Time
About this episode
Carla Vergot discusses her transition from teaching to writing full-time amidst personal challenges, including her husband's cancer diagnosis.
Quitting a stable job to write full-time sounds bold, until you hear what it actually takes. Author Carla Vergot, a former special education teacher and the voice behind the Lily Barlow series, joins us to talk about the moment a planned sabbatical became a life pivot, including her husband's cancer diagnosis, which arrived just as she left teaching. She shares how writing became both an escape and a survival tool, and why that pressure pushed her stories to be lighter, funnier, and mor...
People in this episode
Host: Natasha Tynes
Guest: Carla Vergot
Topics covered
- writing
- full-time work
- personal challenges
- survival
- humor in writing
Keywords
- writing full-time
- Carla Vergot
- Lily Barlow
- personal challenges
- humor in writing
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Lily Barlow series
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