I'm a writer and editor.
Forgive me if this response is short and vague. I just finished writing a 41k-word book about water and I am, well, tired of writing. :laughing:
How I got into this field...well, let's see...writing was always my "thing". While the other kids were getting dirty outside, I was inside, writing, drawing, reading...
I placed in a state-wide write-a-book contest when I was in third grade, and said, yep, this is my destiny...
I started college as a Journalism major in what seems like eons ago. My parents didn't approve of this major and told me I'd be penniless, homeless, and would probably starve to death. But, the internet didn't exist back then.
So...I changed my major to marketing. Didn't do much with that.
Years later, I went back to school and got a BS in Health Sciences.
In nearly every job I have had since I started working, I've found a way to do some kind of writing or otherwise inject creativity into my role.
My two passions in life are health and writing, and I just wanted to find a way to combine the two and, you know, actually make a LIVING somehow.
Then...about two years ago, one of my friends from a fitness forum (whoa, alliteration!) mentioned that she started working with a company that ran a few websites and that she was going to start writing alternative news. It just so happens that I had started my own blog around then, and she asked to see my writing.
I'm rambling. Sorry. I do this when I'm exhausted.
Anyway - she told her employer about me, they looked at my writing samples, and hired me to run their upcoming network of health sites.
I've been writing alternative news and health news for them since June 2013. And, any day now, the company will launch three new health sites, and I'll be the main writer, editor, and administrator for those.
So, yeah. I love what I do. I work from home and couldn't imagine doing anything else. My co-workers and employers are kind, generous, fun, and brilliant. :happy:
(Er...so much for "short and vague," huh? :shocked: )