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When Do I Get to Consider Myself a Professional Writer? **

I’ve been thinking a lot about this question lately, and it reminds me of the career field I left last year. I used to be a librarian, but I was only considered a librarian with a lowercase ”l” because I never completed a master’s degree in library science. Never mind that I had over twentyContinueContinue reading “When Do I Get to Consider Myself a Professional Writer? **”

Humiliations Galore! ***

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Despite the fact that they were spoken by Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride under entirely different circumstances, those two words sum up my career journey this year. Between no call backs for interviews and starting three new (part-time) jobs this year, I’m now a full-fledged newbieContinueContinue reading “Humiliations Galore! ***”

Listing Myself…in More Ways Than One ***

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com Just a handful of days from my quit day, I had an epiphany about why people don’t change from one job to another. I had been running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to complete the various tasks required to leave one job for another.ContinueContinue reading “Listing Myself…in More Ways Than One ***”