I finally graduated from College! I say "finally" as if it took a long time. Start to finish...it only took 32 months, though it did take me over 20 years to start. So, thats something. I graduated in February 2010 with Honors from Devry University with a BSBA and a concentration in Business Information Systems. My original intent was to take my management background and adjust my career path to the IT field. That has temporarily been put on hold. I'll explain that in a moment.
During my fantastic experience on campus at Devry, I was encouraged to explore my writing skills by one of my english professors. One of my short stories was published in the Devry literary publication. I then spent many hours (when I should have been sleeping) writing and working on a few novels. Some of that work can be found here in this blog in previous posts. The good stuff isnt posted, of course. I love writing. I follow as many "writer types" as I can to learn the ropes while I am writing. Though, my writing was also temporarily put on hold.
I recently took on an editing job for a popular motivational speaker. Yep, I edited an actual book that will be published. Honestly, I dont like the editing part. Its time consuming and (I'm sorry!)...its boring. Ok, not totally boring. I did have some fun trying to figure out how to make something sound better without changing the writer's meaning. It was definitely a worthwhile learning experience.
After graduation, I went in a totally different direction. You may have seen some of my photography in previous posts. It wasnt very good but I really enjoyed the process. I became so engrossed in photography that I have spent months shooting and learning. My skills have improved drastically with the help of the club that I joined. Now, I cant get enough. My career and my writing were put on hold while I played with my camera.
I've decided that for the month of September I am a photographer/writer. I'll worry about my future in October. More to come soon!
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