Paige Nick

Paige Nick is a South African novelist, columnist and advertising copywriter. Quotes With a name like Paige, did I ever even have a choice? I always wanted to be in advertising, and writing seemed like the best fit for me, cos, can’t for the life of me do much else. I got my first job as an advertising copywriter when I was nineteen, and I’m still doing that today. Then at some point the fiction and column writing work followed and fit in. My career path has all felt pretty organic. My English teachers. I was lucky enough to have three really good ones through the course of primary and high school. Each of them not only inspired me, but they all made me feel like maybe it was something I could do. As a kid, when someone you respect tells you you’re good at something, whether you actually are or aren’t, it encourages you to try a little harder at it. All three. There’s my job which has me conceptualising and writing advertising copy all day, and then I squeeze in the fiction and other stuff in every other gap I get. I’m a pretty disciplined writer, but I think that’s because I enjoy it so much. I also get really obsessed when I’m in a project, and then I don’t want to think or do about anything else. I can pretty much work anywhere. I have a desk I love working at, and a proper, serious desk chair (because if you’re going to be a writer, you have to invest in a chair that won’t kill your back if you sit in it for nine hours straight every day). But I also move around the house. Right now I’m typing this on my bed, which is another favourite place to write. External links Category: Living people