Sir Icehawk
It's hard to make a living off of writing, so I have to ask it. How far are you along in college? Overall this is something you need to discuss with your parents, an adviser at your college, and such.
I want to write for a living. I got a BS in Accounting. It pays the bills.
This "degree" isn't accredited I bet, so no, it's not anywhere near as a college degree. You can't expect a $500 piece of paper to compare to what you'd get going to any higher education institution. In fact, I'm getting a scam vibe from this site. I'd put my time into my classes and writing over it and try to get into something like Clarion.
You need math and science to round you out as an individual. You need exposure to subjects you wouldn't take unless you had to. You might even find you like them. I took an accounting course after Katrina "Just so I'd have it to put on my resume" and ended up changing from Computer Science (I didn't feel like it was working for me.) to Accounting. On top of that, you don't need a paper from anyone to write. I can think of a ton of professional writers who acquired degrees in other things. Sociology, physics, math, and a few more pop into mind.
Now, I know this is a long post bouncing around, but it is what it is.
I don't know what's going on in your life, but I'll end on this and just throw this out there. I've known many people that went to college who had families, full time jobs, and other obligations. They pulled through, even if it took a few extra years, and got their degree. You can too. You just may not be able to handle a full 12 hours.
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One final thing, I'll say it again. It's hard to make a living as a writer. Handing your stories out at a local convention may be one path, but I don't see you mentioning submitting to contests, magazines, and agents. Stay in college, get a degree in something that can help you pay the bills, and write and submit like crazy.
For now, I'm self publishing until I can get my name out there.
I've looked into literary agents before and submitted my work to one, only to find that she wasn't interested in anything under 50k words.
I don't exactly have "parents" to talk to about this.
I'm on my own, really.
Which is why my living situation is so hard.
I'm looking for a part time job to help pay rent, and I was homeless for about half a year.
My main issue with math is that I literally cannot do algebra.
I can't fully explain it, but no matter how many times a formula or method is explained to me, I CANNOT understand math.
I'm in elementary remedial algebra, and after this course and ANOTHER math remedial course, I have to take a college level math course.
I was only out of school for one year, and I already can't even pass the unit 1 placement test for just the elementary algebra!
How did I pass high school courses?
I only had to take three--foundations 2 math, algebra (I had to take it in two parts--a and b. The teacher only passed me because he pitied me), and geometry (there was no way I could pass it so I would skip the class day of test, paid someone a few bucks for an A test after they'd been handed back, wrote the answers on my hand in a code only I know, and took the makeup test. Otherwise, I couldn't have graduated.).
I failed algebra twice in high school before I had to take it in a and b.
Science, as long as math isn't added to it, I have no problem with.
Chemistry I know I'd have a problem with, but biology I passed with some hard work.
If a math disability existed, I think I would have it...my simply can't process it.
I've spent hours and hours trying to get help from tutors at school or at a community center that wasn't too far from where I lived.
I know living as a writer is hard, but I'm just aiming for a $40-50k a year salary.