More confusion
It has taken me two years to move from "I'm thinking about teaching" to "I want to teach". But life seems to be conspiring to get me back into the writing/publishing line. And I don't know which side God has a hand in, or whether it's up to me to choose, or what.
Firstly, a friend who is communications manager with an MNC (multi-national company) asked if I would be interested in a part-time writing job for his company. He said, "I showed my boss your blog."
I was like, "You did WHAT?!?!!"
He continued, "She was very impressed with your writing and asked me to try to get you to come in for an interview!"
I thought to myself: "Other people get fired for their blogs; I just might get hired coz of mine. Welcome to my weird world."
I went for the interview this afternoon. It's a six-month contractual job. They'll call me to let me know if they wanna hire me. If they do... they'll even let me work from home. The money would help to supplement my current income. Can anybody say "perfect"? *grin*
And then, this morning, before that interview, someone called me and asked if I would be willing to consider becoming the editor of a local Christian magazine. *faints*
"What do I know about managing a magazine?" I said, to which this lady replied, "You can sit through one of my training courses for free. This kind of thing can be learnt," and I blinked.
She wants to bring my name up to the relevant people. I said I wouldn't mind considering the job, coz I wasn't so sure they'd consider me. Four years as a journalist doesn't exactly count as mountainloads of experience. Probably they'd think me not qualified enough for the position. Plus, I don't even know if this would be a paying job!
Anyway, yeah, so two possible openings. Both in the writing/publishing line. Things I didn't go looking for, but that came knocking on my door. What does this mean? Now that I've finally managed to bring myself to say, "I want to teach," the teaching is not happening! And people keep exclaiming, "But you write so well!" I swear, just let me hear that a few more times, and I'm gonna get a big head for sure...