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Side Hustle School

#808 - The 50 Shades of Editing Romance Novels

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

A corporate recruiter pursues a steamy side business editing romance novels. Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are. Share: #SideHustleSchoolShow notes: SideHustleSchool.com Twitter: @chrisguillebeau To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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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