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Interview with Jim Butcher
„I was just writing dopey little wizard books.“
Phantastik-Couch.de: I’d like to start by asking you a little bit about yourself. Could you tell us a bit about you? Have you any profession besides writing? I heard something about you working formerly as a door-to-door salesman to pay the rent and a degree in English Literature?
Jim Butcher: I can’t think of any writers who begin their careers as a full-time author. Everyone has to work a day job before they can really get going on their own. Jumping from part-time writing to full-time writing is a major leap in an author’s career.
I started writing in 1991, didn’t make a sale until 1999, and didn’t actually have a book in print until 2000. I couldn’t support myself as a full-time writer until almost 2003. Between 1991 and 2003 I worked as a vacuum cleaner salesman, a clerk in a yogurt store, a secretary at my university, a librarian, a phone center operator, a freelance web designer, and a computer support technician. I was also writing books, going to school for my English degree, and being the main parent at home for my son while my wife worked as an engineer.
Phantastik-Couch.de: Does it help studying literature when you decide to become an author?
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