I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I read this quote from Downey. Perhaps laugh so I won't cry?? Oh my, but it's so true. And I wouldn't just say "first year." More like first 5 or more years. It was tough. Glad it's behind me. Wouldn't want to go back. But I certainly am not sorry I walked that path. Painful though it was, it led me to where I am today.
Brigitte Downey Bio (in her own words)
From the fields of Limerick to the lights of London--via Vienna, Manhattan, Montmartre, Palermo, Prague, Brussels, Berlin--some of the places I've worked, loved and laughed in. The day jobs are too numerous to mention.
But through the highs and lows the one constant was my writing: novels, feature scripts, sitcoms, nonfiction, articles—and always, always with a dollop of humor. Enjoy!!
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