I would really like to write children's or teen's fiction literature. Should I try and do this alongside a different career (was thinking maybe journalism or nursing) or make this my primary goal? Could I be a novelist AND a nurse or journalist?
How do I start to gain recognition? How should I go about contacting an agent? I've written many short stories, and I've even gone as far as writing a few novellas, but I've never submitted them for publishing simply because I don't know how to do it properly ( I don't want to sound stupid )...