Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

kkkkkkkkkkk off for reals

or a well read janitor who fix people's grammar mistakes through song and dance

Librarians need an Masters in Library Science. So, College prof or Janitor...

Not going to make it as a college professor without at least a Master's (and a number of published works), so...

Anyway, I think your viewpoint is narrow, Sev.

There are jobs as teachers (K-12), writers, editors, and tons of freelance stuff in many different fields.

If you're good at what you do, you will get paid according to how hard you work.

Not to question your decisions, lol. Just saying =P

I was just pointing out that librarians have their own degree, studying English is not necessarily even a stepping stone toward a library degree.

Whooshed me, lol. Thanks for clarifying =P

if you find me a guaranteed path to a similar salary i'll change majors happily

naarrowminded, practical, tomato, toMATo (that doesn't work as well in print)

pretty much the bolded means.
you'll get money if you are both a good writer and have a good work ethic(there are more skills than this, but the term good writer would fit many different things though good is a bit subjective)

so either you go the stephanie meyer route and hit that preteen market, or you actually make some quality work depending on your field and such.
but sev is a potato and potatoes are lazy.

but honestly, sev's route can be fine...really boils down to what you wanna do in life. but that's part of a life struggle finding a job you enjoy against finding a job that pays the bills.

i know a ***ton of people going into nursing, but i'd hate working in a hospital setting.

my friend is going to school to become phlebotomist(collect and draw blood for analysis and transfusions), and that seems like a pretty interesting..at least more specialized if anything lol.

if i'm lazy i probably picked the wrong career :(

i don't think most people understand how much of a lottery trying to write for a living is(journalism excepted)

for every author that "makes it" there are thousands that do not, which means

luck plays a far bigger role than talent unless your talent is really, truly exceptional, as in 99.99 percentile abilitywise, which mine is not

malcom gladwell's the tipping point gives some really good insight on the role luck plays in making something popular

what should i eat for dinner

i was thinking steak

but idk

@Sev:

i wasn't being serious about you being lazy, unless you really are in fact a potato.

i know how much of a lottery it is, i have a few family members in the field and planned on doing it myself...but being the shrewd individual i am i decided against it.

it's a complicated concept that you have to factor in more than just writing something good.
you have to make it marketable, which means you are better if if you have a good understanding of marketing in general as well as many other things.
essentially you have to be more than a good author.
you have to be a shrewd salesman lol.
but then past that, if you don't have that that's when it goes more into luck, not saying "luck" has no hand in my first example....but hmm

lemme make a real life comparison.

world tour poker.
should i elaborate further on this?

that's a pretty good example actually

and think of how many people want to be on that world tour for each one who actually made it

the camera stays on the winners, so we stay excited

but for each winner we do hear about, there are hundreds or thousands of losers we don't hear about

I feel bored and itchy.

troll and scratch

problem solved

im laughing at my father's misfortune

me too!

it is great isn't it

it's pretty delicious

he's kind of pissed off he got screwed out of like 200 bucks but it makes me laugh

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never fergit etc

Maybe I'll make a move on my doctor's receptionist today. She keeps expressing interest in me.... then again I think my doctor wants her also... lol

she's totally doing the doctor

you should blackmail them

Not really what I meant.

You'd be surprised how many small and internet publishers get by on freelance submissions.

There are also several publishing companies that are always accepting applications for article writing jobs. If your application is accepted they will give you assignments with set pay levels whenever you're available (the better you are, the more work the editors will want to give you; the faster you are, the more work you can get).

If you can get in with a few publishers, you can make a pretty decent living without ever leaving your word processor. Having a degree in journalism should get an editor past your cover letter.

Yeah; good is subjective. But only to a certain point. If you have a "voice" when you write, you'll stand out immediately--especially if your voice is joined by neat, precise writing and solid grammar.

Random Thoughts??

Isn't that what the Ni thread is for?

or is that one only for the regular members?

yup

hmmm

Club members only.
sure

someone should try to read that whole thread

I wonder what it feels like to have a vagina. I'd imagine it sucks.