don't quit your day job

I'm a secretary... how did you know I was planning to quit?

nemesis87 said:

Just kidding with the title. But really? What's your day job?
I'm a preschool teacher.

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Me too! But English language for French kids.

I work as a freelance editor.

Parametric said:

I work as a freelance editor.

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Oooh! You're my new best friend... hehe..

Parametric said:

I work as a freelance editor.

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sorry if this is overly personal, para, but don't you have law qualifications? What made you want to be an editor rather than a barrister/solicitor?

Uhhhh ... What does this have to do with YA? *bitter unemployed person*

I teach second grade but I'm currently on a medical leave.

I was a student and then I was an intern. And then I ran out of money before I could get enough experience to get the job.
Now I'm looking for part-time anything anywhere.

I work in retail merchandising with teen girls & women's/misses apparel (been doing that the longest--eleven years at the same company). I also work as a direct sales consultant for a food company. I love ALL of my jobs, including "author."

Ms_Sassypants said:

Oooh! You're my new best friend... hehe..

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You like editors?

The_Ink_Goddess said:

sorry if this is overly personal, para, but don't you have law qualifications? What made you want to be an editor rather than a barrister/solicitor?

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Yep! I got a law degree, but went into publishing instead of law for a number of reasons. I wasn't willing to commit yet more time and money to the further training you need to qualify as a solicitor. It's highly competitive, and if you don't get a training contract, you don't get to even take the final exams. Law was never a passion of mine, whereas publishing is much closer to my real interests. And after three years of studying law, I was sick of it.

edit: Why freelance editing specifically? Because it's pretty close to being a full-time writer. I get the fun of editing fiction and the freedom of setting my own schedule.

I'm a lawyer.

It's not my passion, but it pays the bills for now.

I'm a stay-at-home-Mom to my 3 y/o daughter

I'm an editor too, but it's corporate nonfiction stuff (snooze).

But in all honesty, it's cool. I get to fix people's writing all day.

Legal assistant at a personal injury law firm. Not as interesting as it sounds.

Marketing at a non-fiction science publisher. The subject content can be a bit yawn, but I love the company. And being able to sneak into BEA every spring.

I'm a technical writer for a big software company, and a freelance magazine journalist. I'd love to trade in the tech writing job and keep the freelance journalism and fiction writing. But nothing pays the bills like tech writing!

I'm a test proctor at a community college. Before I applied (many years ago now) I had no idea that was a thing. It's an interesting job, though.

Stay-at-home-mom to three kids, freelance editor. I used to work in the research library of a beautiful art museum. That was fun.

Student. Used to be a business assistant. Soon to be in the reserves.

Writing *is* my day job.

I also do office work 10-12 hours per week for my father-in-law's business (which hubby also works for, full time). But I consider office work to be the bill-paying hobby, while writing is my career and calling.

And I have two teenage daughters. Sometimes they're more work than everything else combined. LOL

Comic book artist/writer

Teacher, 15-19 yr olds. So basically the same age group I try to write for.

Web content writing is my "day job", if you could call it that . It pays the bills, as what day jobs are supposed to do. But writing fiction is where my passion lies .