Being of the generation that wanted to both bring home the bacon and fry it, I didn’t plan on going back to part-time work, and neither did many of my friends and colleagues who have done so. But we all had an eye open for opportunities and were willing to go out on a professional limb to get a life. —Lee Tobin McClain —Working Part-Time by Choice (Chronicle)

Dr. McClain directs the “Writing Popular Fiction” program at Seton Hill University.