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posted by [identity profile] lilaia.livejournal.com at 07:34pm on 11/01/2008
I never fit in anyone's neat box either. Too much this, not enough that, and few people able to imagine that having done a hodgepodge of things could be positive. What worked for me was indirectly getting into where I wanted through contract work - so being an adjunct might work for you to move eventually into something more permanent. That's one option, there are always others. It will work out!

*smacks the child next to you*
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posted by [identity profile] imaginarycircus.livejournal.com at 07:38pm on 11/01/2008
Except adjuncts get paid about $3,000 a class if they are lucky. And I don't think I could teach more than three and have time for anything else so it is not an option. I can't get by on $9k a year.
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posted by [identity profile] lilaia.livejournal.com at 07:52pm on 11/01/2008
That is ridiculously low! I'd say keep it in your back pocket for now - as [livejournal.com profile] anam_cara says a lot of the time it's who you know. It might be better to do a semester as an adjunct (could you teach two classes during the semester?) and see who you meet - the contacts might be worth it long term.

But it also depends on what you want to do next, if you want to teach more or if you want to have a "whatever" job that gives you time to write or if you want to do something else.
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posted by [identity profile] imaginarycircus.livejournal.com at 08:13pm on 11/01/2008
My plan is to get a job I can stand to do for the next year or so. To keep writing and trying to get short stuff published and finish a full length manuscript. If possible I would like to pick up one evening class teaching writing somewhere. Then if I can find an OK place to teach once I have published a novel that might be OK. I don't forsee being a full time teacher any other way and it is a long shot that I would a) publish a novel and b) have it be well enough received that some school would offer me tenure. That is like a some day kind of maybe thing.

I just applied to be an Ed Asst. at Houghton Mifflin. I don't imagine I will ever hear from them because the job was posted on January 3rd. But there are very few Ed Asst. positions in Boston.
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posted by [identity profile] lilaia.livejournal.com at 08:25pm on 11/01/2008
That sounds like a good plan and realistic about the near future. Ooooh an Ed Asst might be a cool job. You never know.

And you never know about the novel and teaching. I have a good feeling about that. :D

Take the weekend off from even thinking about jobs and all that. It's always a good time to watch cheesy movies.
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