Seven Days Left at QWC
So, let’s just rip this band-aid off: I’m leaving my job at Queensland Writers Centre at the end of next week. *Takes a deep breath* *Exhales meaningfully* *Gets a little misty-eyed* It doesn’t seem that long ago that I started with QWC, coming aboard to work on a arts project on a six month contract. I thought I would finish up at the end of 2011, pack up my stuff and head off to Melbourne for the next phase of my life. Instead, I kept signing new contracts and getting new gigs. Managing the Australian Writers Marketplace. Convening the GenreCon writers conference and shepherding it through its first three years. Going out and talking to writers, new and established, about business and craft and networking and all the other things I’m passionate about when it comes to writer’s careers. I got to meet and befriend an incredible number of talented writers, publishers, and agents. I got to give people advice in