Mike GardnerXhenet Aliu: How I Paid the Bills While I Wrote the Book“The more hours you put in at your job, the more money you made. Why would you risk going into debt for school?”Feb 19, 20193Feb 19, 20193
Mike GardnerSujatha Gidla: How I Paid the Bills While I Wrote the Book‘I would work on the memoir on my commute and in the crew room on my breaks.’Feb 19, 20194Feb 19, 20194
Mike GardnerCamille Perri: How I Paid the Bills While I Wrote the Book‘The pressure was to do something practical: accountant, teacher, librarian — jobs you can say in one word.’Feb 19, 20194Feb 19, 20194
Mike GardnerKaran Mahajan: How I Paid the Bills While I Wrote the Book“I was still being a responsible Indian kid getting a monetize-able degree from an American university”Feb 19, 20191Feb 19, 20191
Mike GardnerKaitlyn Greenidge: How I Paid the Bills While I Wrote the Book‘I really didn’t want to leave my job—I understood that it was going to help me creatively.’Feb 19, 20194Feb 19, 20194
Mike GardnerWill Mackin: How I Paid the Bills While I Wrote the Book‘She told me, “Don’t go right to a graduate program. Join the Navy and have something to write about.”’Feb 19, 20197Feb 19, 20197
Mike GardnerNicole Dennis-Benn: How I Paid the Bills While I Wrote the Book“I was smart, I was the eldest — it was on me to pull up my family.”Feb 19, 20191Feb 19, 20191
Mike GardnerAmy Bloom: How I Paid the Bills While I Wrote the Book“I’m a big believer in making a living, so I wrote at night or when nobody needed anything from me”Feb 19, 20193Feb 19, 20193
Mike GardnerMitchell S. Jackson: How I Paid the Bills While I Wrote the Book‘Guys in prison always say, “I wish someone would write my life story. It would be a bestseller.” So I thought I’d start writing mine.’Feb 19, 20193Feb 19, 20193
Mike GardnerCarmen Maria Machado: How I Paid the Bills While I Wrote the Book‘I got good at moving my screens quickly. I wrote in my email browser so it looked like I was writing an email.’Feb 19, 20194Feb 19, 20194