What I mean by that is that I never set out with the ambition of becoming an editor, I just ended up doing the work because friends shared their writing, and I helped them "polish it up."
It makes me wonder how many people actually set out to become editors, and how many just sort of stumble into it.
Although I have taken on occasional editing jobs for several decades, being an editor is not really my profession — in fact, I have many professions.
It is only thanks to the encouragement of several recent clients — along with the fact that a retail business my wife and I ran together closed down in June of 2019 — that I even call myself "Editor," these days.
Whereas I am happy to take on new projects that are interesting to me, particularly if I have a good rapport with the author, this is still not my full time job.
Which makes me ponder the whole issue of how we tend to do a better job at work we still find enjoyable and fulfilling... attributes that have a way of disappearing when we are under constant pressure to "perform" according to tight schedules and demands.
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