Win a copy of The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired: How I (Barely) Survived a Year in Corporate America

At 52, freelance writer Kelly K. James is an almost happily divorced, self-employed, single mom. But the rising costs of health insurance and the impacts of perimenopause fuel a constant anxiety, as she strategizes to get her work, home, and love life in order before retirement. Kelly’s solution? A first-ever full-time job that led to The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired: How I (Barely) Survived a Year in Corporate America (MSI Press, June 15, 2024, ISBN 9781957354361) a highly relatable, totally entertaining, midlife prescriptive memoir that shares what (and what not) to do when you make that corporate leap.

“After 22 years of full-time freelancing I took a day job as a tiny, creaky cog in the corporate American machine where I was decades older than most of my coworkers,” says Kelly K. James, former attorney, ghostwriter (30+ books), contributor (1000+ articles), novelist (Did You Get the Vibes) and non-fiction author of a dozen prescriptive books like Writer for Hire: 101 Secrets to Freelance Success and Six-Figure Freelancing: The Writer’s Guide to Making More Money, Second Edition. “It was super challenging to get a grip on today’s corporate culture alongside my sweatshirt-wearing millennial colleagues, but I learned that while a lot is different not everything has changed.” To support her readers, Kelly has ended each chapter with a fun and helpful Action Plan.