Thus far, the plan is to get an English masters and then doctorate, as they do over here rather than our normal double-barreled programs, and begin some lecturing--then take advantage of that tuition discount to acquire (via the slower part-time program) a history phd whilst working, so I can do more interesting cross-disciplinary work, as I'm very interest in context and conditions of production. Additionally it might well make me more interesting/valuable to a faculty. And writer friends of mine do kvetch that academic work leaves no time for creative writing, but I think that's just not quite true--look how many writers have also been academics?