The story goes: I've been doing quite well in recent years as a copywriter and trade journalist but work has recently dried up.
I'm taking this opportunity to look into different avenues for earning money, so, for a bit of fun and to help me keep my writing up, I'm in the process or writing a short story that I intend to send into magazines in the hope they'll publish it for a small fee.
I'm really happy with my story; in fact I think it's rather good. I'm not expecting anything great from this new venture, but if I could get something published then I'd be breaking open the champagne. When DH came in and I told him what I was doing he just laughed in my face and said 'what you think you're a writer now?' I replied by saying, 'well I AM a copywriter' and felt a bit silly. Then he made a snide comment about me thinking I'm some kind of novelist.
I know he's worried that I'm spending time on this and not doing my usual paid for work, but I've been looking for new business and have got some irons in the fire - though we're still really skint. Am I right to be a little bit peed off at his lack of support? I don't think so, but I'd love someone to help explain why he has this attitude.