The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired: How I (Barely) Survived a Year in Corporate America
“With a mix of openness and humor, James captures what it means to work in content farms that help small businesses with their online presence.” --- Library Journal
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You're 52. Divorced. Single mom to a teenaged son and a tween daughter. Happily self-employed but worried about the cost of health insurance, the inevitable impact of perimenopause on your body, and whether you should keep dating a sexy plumber who's sweet and funny but lives an hour away and doesn't seem that into you.
So, after 22 years of full-time freelancing, you take a day job as a tiny, creaky cog in the corporate American machine where you're decades older than most of your coworkers - and you write about it. The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired: How I (Barely) Survived A Year in Corporate America is an entertaining, midlife memoir that shares what (and what not) to do when you make that corporate leap. Watch the book trailer (it’s fun!) here.
Available at brick-and-mortar bookstores near you, and Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Recent Media Coverage
Kelly is a guest on the Tips for the Transition podcast in September, 2024.
Kelly and her book are featured in this article in the July, 2024 issue of Splash magazine.
Kelly is a guest on Real Wisdom with Holly Osterman.
Kelly is a guest on Patricia Raskin’s Positive Living show on VoiceAmerica.
Kelly is interviewed by Sylvia Perez on Fox32/WFLD on June 26, 2024.
Kelly is interviewed in the “Coffee and Grief” podcast on different kinds of grief and how it informs her life today.
Kelly is featured in a “Q and A” in San Diego Metro magazine, published in May 2024.
Douglas Page of San Diego Metro Magazine interviews Kelly in this podcast, taped May 16, 2024.
Downers Grove Magazine featured Kelly in an article that ran in its print and online editions in May, 2024.
Book Clubs
Have a bookclub and reading Fired? Thank you! And contact Kelly at kellykjames3@gmail.com to have her visit your next book club meeting (in person or via Zoom).