In Little Women (the film), Jo Marsh says "I should have been a great many things." And George Eliot supposedly said "It's never too late to be what you might have been."
I like to think that these are good sayings to follow. Because if you believe the latter, it means that you aren't giving up. And if you believe the former, it means that you accept that there are some dreams that you will never attain, and that's okay.
Who I was: A student. A technical writer. A copyeditor in the Features department of a Midwestern city newspaper. A corporate trainer (in 2002 I taught TSA agents how to recognize bomb parts on an x-ray machine and do full-body patdowns, among other skills). An in-house editor for an educational materials developer. A freelance writer/editor/proofreader for a variety of corporate and private clients.
Who I am now: Dr. Angus (I hold a PhD in Creative Writing). A Senior Lecturer in Publishing and the Course Leader for the MA Creative Writing at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. An novelist and author of fantasy, horror, historical fiction, erotica, and SF (especially time travel) short stories. A scholar-fan, active in the SFF community and at conventions.
I like to think that these are good sayings to follow. Because if you believe the latter, it means that you aren't giving up. And if you believe the former, it means that you accept that there are some dreams that you will never attain, and that's okay.
Who I was: A student. A technical writer. A copyeditor in the Features department of a Midwestern city newspaper. A corporate trainer (in 2002 I taught TSA agents how to recognize bomb parts on an x-ray machine and do full-body patdowns, among other skills). An in-house editor for an educational materials developer. A freelance writer/editor/proofreader for a variety of corporate and private clients.
Who I am now: Dr. Angus (I hold a PhD in Creative Writing). A Senior Lecturer in Publishing and the Course Leader for the MA Creative Writing at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. An novelist and author of fantasy, horror, historical fiction, erotica, and SF (especially time travel) short stories. A scholar-fan, active in the SFF community and at conventions.