I spent the last year languishing as an English and Latin teacher, waiting the year out so that I could escape and find a new job in my “chosen” field. I had an editorial internship in college, but that’s the extent of my real publishing experience. Well, on Monday I start work at a research institute; I’m going to be proofreading the standardized tests that they write and print for elementary to high school students. Proofreading 9-5 every day. To my friends this sounds like grunt work. But I am so excited. Different minds, I suppose. I’ll call this in progress, but not completed quite yet. Next step is to move to a company that publishes “real” books.