Going Inactive

Alright.  I've done it.

I've made it official that I'm a full-time writer... at least for now. 

I've been a lawyer for many years, but lately I haven't been practicing law.  That originally wasn't by design, but the way I practiced--real estate transactional law on a project basis--became impossible to do when the economy tanked.  I looked around for quite a while, but I was mostly unable to obtain projects the way I wanted to do them, and I didn't want to do anything else.

In the meantime, I stepped up my writing career and loved it!  I've already talked here about all the different directions I'm going in and others I'm trying, and I'm having a great time with it.

Plus, I've already had one novel published this year--Teacup Turbulence, my fifth Pet Rescue Mystery, which followed the December release of Covert Attraction, a Harlequin Romantic Suspense novel.  I have two Harlequin Nocturnes being published this year, and my new Superstition Mystery Series begins in October with Lost Under A Ladder.

And so, this year, when I had to renew my law license, I went inactive.

That doesn't mean I can't go back to active status someday if I change my mind.  But at least for now, I'll keep on writing... all the time!

How about you--have you changed careers?  If so, was it originally intentional or not?