Life Update

[mabfan]

As anyone reading here knows, my "writing year," so to speak, is coming to an end. It's been a productive year. Since last September, I haven't had a job. Instead, I've been working as a full-time writer. During the past year, I managed to produce a few short stories, a novella, an article or two, and a novel-length manuscript. I'm in the final stages of editing that manuscript, but it is time for me to going back to work.

That doesn't mean I'm not going to keep writing, of course. However, Nomi and I had a plan, and the plan included my going back to work once the writing year was over.

I am delighted to announce that starting next Monday, I'll be an Associate Editor at a science textbook publisher here in the Boston area. I would be lying if I said that I won't miss the flexibility that writing full time brought to my schedule. But, on the other hand, I'm very excited about my new job. It fits my skill set perfectly, and it allows me take my teaching from the retail level to the wholesale level, as I like to put it.

Comments

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new job! I hope it works out well for you.

[saxikath]

Which publisher, if I may ask? And what level of textbooks?

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Email me.

[nchanter.livejournal.com]

You know, as I was at the "wondering" part of this post, I was thinking that working on (either writing or editing) science textbooks would be an excellent job for you. Then I read what your new job will be. Joys! Congratulations MAB!

[magid.livejournal.com]

Much yayness!

[farwing.livejournal.com]

Whheeeeee! Congrats! Yay!

[angwantibo.livejournal.com]

Mazal tov on both counts! Mazal on the productive year of writing and mazal tov on the new job!

May you be inscribed and sealed for a successful upchucking upcoming year.

-Angwan

[csbermack.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! It's wonderful news. :)

[affinity8.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new job!!

[kuroshii.livejournal.com]

neato! :)

congrats and much squishing-of-hug-ness on such a productive Writing Year!

[gem225.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I'm very glad that you got the job and that you're excited about it. :-D

[twitch124.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[nojojojo.livejournal.com]

Woo! Congrats! If this doesn't seem too personal, at some point (maybe next Meetup) would you be willing to talk about how you did it? Planning for the year off, getting grants if you did, using the time effectively, etc.?? I'm rabidly curious about how one makes a living as a writer in this era of housing prices averaging $400K; I'm working full-time and barely scraping by.

'Course, if it *does* seem too personal, sorry!

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I actually did a presentation on this last Readercon, and I'm working on an article about it.

Sadly, I can't make the next Meetup. Brookline is having its first 300th anniversary celebration and I need to attend.

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

Silly boy, you still have the dates wrong! The MeetUp was on the 11th.

And I'd love to hear which publisher you're working for. I used to be at Addison-Wesley.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Ah, well. We were busy on the 11th anyway.

[dancingdeer.livejournal.com]

Cool! That sounds like a great job!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Cool! Glad you were able to find something, hope it works out well for you.

[gingicat]

Wow, that's quite a switch from classroom teaching! Will you miss it?

Good luck with everything!

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I won't miss classroom teaching, as I'm still doing some tutoring for a while.

[llennhoff.livejournal.com]

Is this the same company Connie Hirsch works for? Hatzlacha Rabbah regardless.

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

Congrats dude!

[cellio]

Congratulations!

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

Sounds wonderful!!

:)

[donovanstitch.livejournal.com]

Applause and kudos are duly offered. Well done!

[tapuz.livejournal.com]

Yippee for being in the track according to plan!

[lisatheriveter.livejournal.com]

Mazel tov!

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! A great way to start the next year!

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

May the new job be fulfilling, and may it not affect your writing too much! Juggling a job along with fiction writing is something nearly all writers know all too well... :-)

[rev69.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new job. It would be funny if you edited another edition of Halliday and Resnick. :)

[stevethorn.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new job. Sounds like a pretty productive year of writing. Back to the juggle we all know so well, and best wishes on making yourself a future where the work is play and pays for itself.

[(Anonymous)]

Congrats man!
Ethan

[lisafeld.livejournal.com]

It will be good. Congrats on the job!

[buxom-bey.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[eal.livejournal.com]

YAY Michael!!!

Massive congratulations from our household to yours!!!

M (and P and B and, of course, Sam sends puppy kisses)

[mystful.livejournal.com]

Lucky students! I'm glad you've found a job where you will be enriched while enriching others. Congratulations!

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

Mazel tov!

[zhaneel69.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new job. I think it will suit you very well and look forward to knowing you are influencing the science textbooks of tomorrow. There are worse ways to spend your time.

Zhaneel

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Welcome back to the were king whirled. If you're in downtown then I suspect you'll have offers for lunch buddies.

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

While I can understand how much adjusting it will take to get back to a full-time work schedule (heck, I had to adjust after spending most of my time writing in the summer of '04 while I worked part-time), that does sound like a sweet deal. Congratulations, and good luck!