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I have a copy of And What Do You Do? to give away. Just leave a pick me comment.

It is a modern truth about writers that very few are able to make a full time living from writing books. One solution is to work a normal 9-to-5 job and write in your spare time. However, another route is to treat writing as a part time job, and take on three or four other part time jobs to produce a number of income streams to pay the bills. If you are considering taking this approach (it is called Portfolio working), or already do, then And What Do You Do? is the book for you.

Barrie Hopson and Katie Ledger have written this book as a step-by-step guide to building a ‘portfolio’ career. The book is split into ten practical steps:

1. My portfolio career: Is it for me?
2. My money: Can I afford a portfolio career?
3. My motivated skills: Work I am good at, enjoy and am proud of,
4. My values: What makes me want to work?
5. My ‘selves’: Who am I going to be today?
6. My networks,
7. My portfolio,
8. My story,
9. My brand,
10. My portfolio career: Next steps.

So, what can I say about this book?

Well to be honest this is a very honest book. It sets out to give pragmatic guidelines to building a portfolio career. However, not only is it packed full of practical advice, it also asks the reader to look deeper into themselves and ask if this is the kind of work they should be pursuing. Overall, this is an excellent book.

And the winner is…Rosie