There are several things that people wish they could be, an actor, a musician, a strawberry (that one was for you Amanda). I wish I could be a writer. I come up with interesting enough ideas, but I'm never good enough at the small details. I know how to start it off and where I want it to end, but all the stuff in between never comes to me. Since I'm pretty sure that the journey is the best part of the story then me being a great novelist is pretty much out of the question. That why I think that I should put my OCD to good use. I want to be a copy editor.
I work in a crappy engineering firm, writing crappy proposals, trying to get us crappy work (I work at an environmental engineering firm...we deal with wastewater...get it? I made a funny.) Copy editing is part of my job and it's the part I enjoy. The entire reason I've gotten on this bend is because I got a Kindle of Christmas. Since December 31 I've read 15 books, two of them I've read twice. While reading all these books I've noticed an unusually high number of errors that proper editing would have taken care of. It's like people don't take the initiative to, not only create great stories, but create works that they take pride in. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong and most of them are independently published and with that they've looked at their own work so long that they don't see the flaws. I do that too. I would just love to see these great novels I've been reading be great works also.
On another note, I'm looking for a new books to read. I would prefer them to be either horror, thrillers, or paranormal romance. I love reading about things that aren't real like vampires, ghosts, werewolves, Greek gods or immortals.
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