CROSSED GENRES MAGAZINE has just posted its interview with APEX BOOK COMPANY submissions editor and THE EDGE OF PROPINQUITY editor-in-chief Jennifer Brozek! Read what Jennifer has to say about writing full-time, about breaking into RPG writing, and her personal interests when she’s not writing!

“Crossed Genres: Writers rarely become overnight successes, and even many of those who wind up fairly famous still don’t earn enough money to quit their day-jobs and write full time. How do you manage? What do you sacrifice to make it work?

Jennifer Brozek: I was lucky and smart. After publishing professionally for years and working a day job, in 2006, I decided it was time to shift to fulltime writing. When I moved up to Redmond, WA, the housing market was very good and the condo I bought appreciated by a significant amount. So, I planned to take a year off to “just write” and live off the equity of the condo. I started that 2007. Really, it was very much akin to leaping off a cliff not knowing whether or not you had a parachute packed correctly—or at all.

The thing I sacrificed most was my security. I had no idea if I would make it or not. I had no idea if I would have to go back to QA work after my Writing Year. I did not really have a plan for failure, but nor did I expect to fail. I did have backup plans for recovery though, if things went south. I also sacrificed a lot of my playtime with friends. My writing was more important to me.

It turned out my Writing Year went better than I could have imagined. Not only did I write 330,000+ words of new fiction that year, I learned how to tech write for major corporations that turned into the part-time job I have now. I made a specific effort to make new industry contacts, to get new contracts with new RPG companies and to get my anthology, Grants Pass, accepted for publication.”

Read the rest of the review here!