I quit my job in North Carolina by email, though I still maintain my former employer's website. I love the Internet. I found myself unable to work in this country. I dusted off a childhood dream and resumed writing. I had a slush pile full of old short stories, and I ran them through the on-line writing workshops.
Style is also the part that can be learned.
So I did. Then came something that amazed me. After all those years. Better than ever, in fact. Next, I published them.