No Way To Make A Living » ways to make living http://nowaytomakealiving.net is a sociological space about work, generating discussion and exchange on what work, paid or unpaid, is like in today’s world Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:55:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Poet http://nowaytomakealiving.net/post/984 http://nowaytomakealiving.net/post/984#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:09:44 +0000 Lynne Pettinger http://nowaytomakealiving.net/?p=984 Early in the film of Blake Morrison’s memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father (dir Anand Tucker, 2007), Blake (Colin Firth) accepts an award for his poetry (it might be that the definition of ‘real’ work is that it’s the sort of activity you’d never attend an award ceremony to mark).

At the risk of getting sentimental, I’d like to say thank-you to my wife, Kathy. Not only for all her support and encouragement, but because she asked me to mention her.

My dad always used to say, and I’m sure he’ll say it again before the night’s out,

“Being a writer, in particular a poet, is all well and good. But it’s no way to make a living.”

Of course, as in most other things, he’s absolutely right.

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