![]() ![]() ![]() Oh, and seriously, dude, learn to type.ĭespite the fact that my publishing company puts the world’s most butt-ugly cover on Breaking Point and markets it with all the zest of an ad campaign for reclaimed hair plugs, Martha allows me to edit her luminous memoir, Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic. Life Lesson #2: A tinch of self-awareness might save you some grief. Couldn’t I have eliminated the middleman somewhere? I open my first paycheck: I’m making $175 a week. Hot doggies, I’m getting paid to read books and edit them, something I’ve loved since I’d worked at a publisher during high school, where I made $175 a week. After graduation, I use my typing skills to get a job at Scribner’s as an editorial assistant. ![]() ![]() My creative writing seminars, in contrast, are easy and a total blast, but I don't have the courage to switch majors. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry at Yale, a major I've chosen solely for its "wow" factor. Against all odds, I learn to type like the wind. Kane’s Typing ClassĪnd there’s just one unclaimed typewriter left-a dud with the keys painted over with Wite-Out so I can’t possibly cheat. ![]()
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