#808 - The 50 Shades of Editing Romance Novels
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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A corporate recruiter pursues a steamy side business editing romance novels.
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| 0:00.0 | One thing we can all agree on, no one wants another energy crisis. |
| 0:07.1 | But just talking about it won't make it go away. |
| 0:09.8 | Here's what we're actually doing at British Gas. |
| 0:12.2 | We're increasing the UK's gas storage so that we can help make energy prices more predictable |
| 0:17.0 | for everyone. |
| 0:18.0 | And so the 8 million homes and businesses who rely on us for their energy today can rely |
| 0:23.1 | on us tomorrow too. |
| 0:25.5 | That's enough talking. |
| 0:26.5 | Let's get on with it doing. |
| 0:28.4 | British Gas. |
| 0:31.0 | Today's featured case studies stumbled on her side hustle when she made an interesting |
| 0:42.9 | discovery. |
| 0:43.9 | Although she had been a voracious reader her whole life, she never considered that books |
| 0:48.2 | could be a career for anyone other than authors. |
| 0:50.8 | This corporate recruiter then pursues a steamy side hustle editing romance novels. |
| 0:55.7 | Now here's a fun fact. |
| 0:56.7 | Did you know that romance novel sales total more than a billion dollars a year? |
| 1:01.5 | In fact, they sell as much as sci-fi, mystery and fantasy combined. |
| 1:06.9 | As an author, I am obviously working in the wrong genre. |
| 1:09.2 | I just made a note to write to my publishers and ask if we could retitle some of my books. |
| 1:13.2 | I've got some proposals here. |
| 1:14.7 | The $100 startup, adult content addition, side hustle, finds your man in 27 days, and the |
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