In my life I have been:
- A janitor
- A file clerk (briefly)
- A cashier (Eckerd Drugs)
- A deli/bakery worker (A dingy establishment known as Kash’n’Karry)
- A deli worker (A gleaming establishment known as Publix)
- An English tutor (this happened a few times)
- An English Department secretary (Manatee Community College)
- A car washer (I was performer of the month at The Eager Beaver)
- A health food del/café cook/manager (The Health Nut)
- An ice cream slinger (Ben & Jerry’s)
- A dog washer (Pampered Pets)
- A daycare worker
- A private nanny
- A health food deli worker (briefly)
- An ice cream slinger (Emack & Bolio’s)
- A Graduate Teaching Assistant (NYU)
- An art supply slinger (RIP Pearl Paint)
- A tutor (after-school program)
- An editorial assistant (fashion mag)
- A contract wrangler (licensing agency)
- A gallery manager (comics museum)
- An education department head (comics museum)
- An event coordinator (comics museum; indie publishing outfit; lit journal)
- An assistant director (indie publishing outfit)
- An interim director (indie publishing outfit)
- An editorial assistant (Random House)
- A writing teacher (middle school)
- A writing teacher (high school)
- A writing teacher (comics after-school program)
- A writing teacher (theater after-school program)
- A copy-editor (Freelancers Union)
- A copy-editor/writer (private clients)
- A fiction editor (No Tokens)
- A writer (Tor.com)
- A writer (my giant stupid novel)
You’re great! That is all. Now let’s go turkey leg eating and mead drinking!
And a helluva cool sister!