my story
I have written lots of things, including a well-received humorous but meaningful church skit about the Feeding of the 5000, just under different names. I will not disclose those names, as those days have passed. But the other works I have written are fair game.
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other works
Although all authors are writers by definition, a writer per se is different from an author. In many cases, such as working on a company newsletter; writing corporate communications, company website and blog content; curricula; catalog content; advertising, promotions, public relations copy; and creating broadcast radio commercials – all of which I have done – one’s own name is not revealed.
In some cases, mine was: I’ve written several newsletters for several companies, and when I became the editor of one newsletter, my married name was included on the masthead. I was also the contact person for one company and was mentioned as such in The Wall Street Journal. Being mentioned by the WSJ was fun; the rest was good old-fashioned hard work.
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editor & teacher
I’ve been editing other people’s writing since I started as a Vocational Office Education student secretary. (It was how I was able to “get paid” for finishing high school.) Not all secretaries are particularly good at editing, but enough are, so employers tend to throw editorial duties onto the secretary’s desk. They shouldn’t. Editing is a skill that is developed with study and practice. Those of us who got tired of having this skill added to our secretarial duties without compensating our paychecks found a way to become proofreaders, copy editors, and newsletter editors. Some took it a couple of notches higher and became news media and book editors. I chose a different path and upgraded my editing skills into teaching. You’ll find a LOT of editing in teaching grammar!
