1 week Ago By Kim Knight
Why leave a 20-year law career to become a fiction writer? Auckland-based debut author Rachel Paris talks to Kim Knight about how to survive a midlife career change – and the corporate bad behaviour that influenced her new novel. There is always a reason not to write your novel, says Rachel Paris. “I’ve got to do the laundry, I’ve got to get food, Sam needs his mouth guard dropped off – there’s always an interruption, there’s always an excuse, you’re never on top of things.
“When I was in the law firm, I’d be out the door. Somehow you still have clean clothes and you still eat. But now, you know, I’ve got to walk the dogs .
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