tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post7528262622050677453..comments2024-01-04T19:29:46.884-06:00Comments on The Not-Writing Spectacle: Dreaming of RichesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-12008916485845354762018-10-23T10:57:55.830-05:002018-10-23T10:57:55.830-05:00First, I'd hire an attorney and financial advi...First, I'd hire an attorney and financial advisor. Then, with the funds secured, I'd do several things. First up, buy land and build a compound with separate residences for the family and in-laws. That's only 4 but we like the idea of "forting up." Nothing would be terribly fancy, just comfortable, new, and designed for the way we actually live.<br /><br />Then we'd set up our Just Because foundation, in order to anonymously donate money when stuff catches our eye. A high school marching band gets their instruments destroyed in a bus fire? We write a check. A little league team needs fund to get to the next level tournament? We write a check. A veteran needs a new roof? We write a check. Just the little things we see on the news and think, "We'd like to do that just because..."<br /><br />Yes, a publishing house is on the list. For the same reasons adn with the same results.<br /><br />Along the way, we'd set up some educational trust funds for the children of friends, an endowment at Baseball Boy's school, and pay off family debts and student loans. Oh, and I'd hire a marketing guru and an author's assistant to do my marketing!<br /><br />I don't think any of us would actually stop working. Lawyer Guy would probably do pro bono work though, rather than trying to hustle paying clients. I'm not sure about Only. I think she enjoys her job and even with all the art/crafts stuff she does, she might be bored. Me? I'd keep writing because I can't <i>not</i> write.<br /><br />So that's what I'd do. :) And I already have my ticket. Dreaming gets me through the BS of regular life. ;)Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.com