I’ve done it.

After almost nine years as a reporter, I’ve quit my job at The Hour. I started there as education reporter in 2001, the week before Sept. 11. I remember telling my mother, arrogantly, that I was just going to be there a year. Maybe two years, at the most. It’s been eight and a half. And I’ve covered schools, business, politics, features… almost everything in the paper’s coverage region in that time.

And I always said I wanted to leave and write my fiction. I even threatened to quit once. And I went part-time a year ago, when I went back to grad school. And all year, I thought, okay, it’s time. I’m going to quit. And this Wednesday, I did it.

Boy, was it hard. Read more